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Lee taps LQD flow

Tapping the trend for flowing silhouettes, Lee is introducing a new line targeting the women’s segment with LQD, for Liquid Soft Denim. The collection features wide leg jeans, skirts and jumpsuits, blurring the line between casual comfort and...

Mechanical Recycling Powerhouse initiative launches
A new venture to accelerate textile recycling was launched last week in Switzerland by a group of companies including...
Kingpins NYC session to focus on denim’s ‘missing numbers’
Research and promotion arm for US grown cotton, Cotton Incorporated, is preparing to welcome visitors to booth at...
TMAS welcomes ReSpin as Swedish textile recycling accelerates
Holma Spinning Mill, located in Forsa, Sweden, has been granted SEK 77.3 million in funding through the Swedish...
Calls for revival programme to bolster Pakistan’s declining cotton harvest
President of the Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum Mian Zahid Hussain has said the country’s area under...
NZ Denim introduces quantum dot-powered colour
Bangladesh denim mill and jeans manufacturer NZ Denim has integrated a novel quantum pigment developed by colour...
Marco Lucietti joins C&S board
Italian tailored denim manufacturer C&S has announced the appointment of Marco Lucietti to its board of directors....

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Clocking On with Emily Gubbay

Emily Gubbay has devised a method to extract indigo from denim and jeans that she hopes will in time be a viable alternative to the petrochemical pigment. 6.50amMy alarm goes off but I give myself ten minutes before getting out of bed. I don’t like to...

Cut from a different cloth
Matthew Hegarty, founder of London-based brand Hegarty, sees denim and...
“Collaboration between industry and academia allows for fresh perspectives”
Professor Kate Goldsworthy is the director of Future Denim Lab, an ambitious...
Clocking On with Nikita Raman
Nikita Raman’s experience across categories, segments and countries helps shape ...
Gap builds on its indigo foundations
Jane Pattinson, senior vice-president and global head of design at Gap,...
Adriano Goldschmied on the potential of digital printing
The ‘Godfather of Denim’ tells Inside Denim how he sees advances in technology...

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Fast track textile-to-textile recycling

Kipas is breaking down the barriers to recycling mixed textile waste with FibR-e. The facility, which began operating at the end of last year, can recycle 100 tonnes of waste per day.“Our solution is a fast-track textile-to-textile recycling system,” says...

A creative language in itself
Resins, metallic finishes and coatings are giving designers alternative ways to ...
Momentum grows in ‘battle’ against PP
Suppliers say potassium permanganate’s inclusion on the ZDHC Watchlist sends an ...
Is there life on planet wool denim?
In our common memory, denim is and has always been a blue fabric made of...
A chain under strain
The denim industry in Turkey faces multiple challenges from falls in demand and ...
Recycling ‘blocker’ fibre enters new age
As Lycra’s partially bio-based elastane hits commercial volumes, Fashion for...