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Naked & Famous updates Kevlar-enhanced jeans

Canadian denim brand Naked & Famous is reintroducing high-tech jeans and a jacket made from 14.25 oz Japanese selvedge denim in an 80% cotton/20% Kevlar blend. The aramid fibre offers added tear strength and resistance without sacrificing...

Cotton trade predicted to grow as consumption stabilises
As the gap between cotton production and consumption narrows, global markets are expected to become increasingly...
Tariff reaction from Swiss Textiles
Industry body Swiss Textiles has expressed dismay at additional tariffs its member companies will now face if they...
Lenzing restructuring leads to phasing out of two factories
Lenzing, a producer of man-made cellulosic fibres based in Austria, is in the process of restructuring its activities...
Tariffs increase supply chain risks, Cascale says
The chief executive of non-profit organisation Cascale has warned that a new tariff regime announced by US president,...
In praise of pattern-making
Madrid-based denim brand Andesites has paid tribute to the importance of pattern-making in developing jeans that...
AMSilk supplier scales production
German biotech company AMSilk first established a partnership with Ajinomoto Foods Europe (AFE) in 2023. The two...

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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...