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Operating partners named for Lee’s push into China

Lee-owner Authentic Brands Group has selected Shanghai Huizhong Technology (HiMaxx) as the brand's operating partner across China, Hong Kong and Macau. HiMaxx will oversee product development, sourcing, retail and wholesale distribution,...

Jeansland: Angie Furlong on premium denim and the importance of getting your hands dirty
The latest episode of Jeansland Podcast, sponsored by Inside Denim, features designer and creative director Angie...
Boost for M&S’s European ambitions
UK-based Marks & Spencer has launched a partnership with ZEOS, the B2B logistics and fulfilment business of...
Water: cotton body wants to do more with the system Australia already has
Cotton Australia, the main representative body for cotton growers in Australia, has contributed a detailed submission...
Haring’s jeans add colour to Levi’s archive
Levi’s historian Tracey Panek has unveiled the latest addition to the Levi Strauss & Co Archives: a patchworked...
BCI partners with Avalo
Two ‘better cotton initiatives’ are teaming up in the United States: BCI, which promotes lower impact farming...
Organic cotton programme advances in Pakistan
The Organic Cotton Accelerator, with support from Sustainable Agriculture Water & Intelligent Ecosystem (SAWIE),...

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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 consideration. Each piece is individually reworked to appeal to “the girl who has spent years feeling like denim just wasn’t made with her in mind”. You started by reworking...

Clocking On with Emily Gubbay
Emily Gubbay has devised a method to extract indigo from denim and jeans that...
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,...

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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...