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Kingpins Amsterdam reports increased visitor numbers

Kingpins Amsterdam welcomed more than 1,000 visitors from over 500 companies and more than 40 countries to its latest edition, held at SugarFactory on October 14-15.Attendance increased by 8% compared with the April 2026 edition and 5% against...

Levi Strauss appoints new sustainability lead
Following the departure of Jeffrey Hogue, who now holds the same position at Gap Inc, Levi Strauss has appointed...
Supply chain collaboration takes centre stage at Ecomondo
Transparency, measurable environmental performance and closer supply chain collaboration were among the key themes at a ...
Kuyichi celebrates 25th anniversary
Dutch denim brand Kuyichi has celebrated its 25th anniversary with an event at retailer De Rode Winkel in Utrecht,...
Arvind invests in unspun’s 3D weaving machine
Arvind of India has announced a strategic partnership with unspun, the developer of a novel yarn-to-garment weaving...
Lenzing publishes 9-month report for 2026
Austrian manmade cellulosic fibre producer Lenzing reported its earnings for the first nine months of 2026. Revenues in ...
OJG to run Lee operations in US and Canada
Authentic Brands Group, which completed the acquisition of Lee from Kontoor this week, has chosen One Jeanswear Group...

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Re-engineering the trucker jacket: David Connolly's performance cotton proposition

David Connolly founded Sustainable Fashion Ventures (SFV) with the ambition of developing performance denim without relying on synthetic fibres. Drawing on technologies developed by Cotton Incorporated, he is working with manufacturing partners in Vietnam to...

Designers’ next dimension
Nikita Raman, a senior designer at Hugo Boss, considers how AI, sustainability, ...
“The solutions already exist. Now denim needs to scale them”
Claudia Giacovelli, country portfolio lead for textiles at the United Nations...
Japan Blue: Strength in the stories
Driven by a rebrand and new partnerships, Japan Blue and Momotaro have seen...
Catapulted from campus: How Ali Grace turned vintage jeans into a multimillion-dollar brand
Vintage Levi’s form the base of every aligrace style, with fit an integral...
Clocking On with Emily Gubbay
Emily Gubbay has devised a method to extract indigo from denim and jeans that...

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Around the world in 75 fades

Wash expert Zennure Danisman, alongside Endrime’s Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique, brought together a remarkable international network of denim specialists to chronicle historic denim pieces and create a new visual and educational record of washing. Mohsin ...

Stretch solutions bet on plant over fossil
In just a few years, renewable, recycled and natural raw materials have given...
Denim’s couture makeover
Designer Christelle Kocher worked with Levi’s to show how beautiful and...
Fast track textile-to-textile recycling
Kipaş is breaking down the barriers to recycling mixed textile waste with...
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 ...