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Marco Lucietti joins C&S board

Italian tailored denim manufacturer C&S has announced the appointment of Marco Lucietti to its board of directors. M Lucietti has extensive experience in the industry and was most recently at Isko and Re&Up. He is also Adjunct Professor of...

Jeansland: Tricia Carey and Brendan Collins talk AI and cotton
For decades, developing new crop varieties has been slow, expensive, and full of trade-offs. Avalo believes better...
Pioneer prepares for Preface with push for close relationships
Pioneer Denim’s head of design, Christian Reca, has spoken of the changing roles of mills with the need to collaborate...
SM Denim expands circular platform
Pakistan-based SM Denim will be exhibiting at Kingpins NYC next week (on July 22 & 23) for the first time and...
US cotton sowing almost complete by June 30
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has estimated cotton planting covering 9.85 million acres across the country’s...
Hailey Bieber's Gap capsule captures mid-90s' nostalgia
Fashion brand Gap is partnering with actress Hailey Bieber to introduce The Hailey Jean, a limited-edition denim...
Rooted by Rimaks to be shown at Preface LA
Istanbul-based denim mill Rimaks is heading to Los Angeles at the end of month where it will be highlighting its new...

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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...