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Gap appoints new CEO for Banana Republic

Soko features innovation & collaboration at PV Denim

From 'vampire chic' to Japanese craft: Soorty frames AW27-28

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London Design Hub will boost flexibility for Arvind

India-based textile and clothes manufacturer Arvind Limited is opening a Design Hub in London, to focus on customer engagement, trend insights and product development.The launch also aligns with the anticipated implementation of the UK–India...

Oritain: Switching suppliers has exposed brands to prohibited cotton
Origin verification provider Oritain has claimed there is a widening "verification gap" between supply chain...
Officina39: Industry is seeking intelligent systems
Italian chemicals company Officina39 is introducing its Low Temperature Reactive Dyeing to visitors to Denim Première...
Cause for celebration
A number of industry organisations are celebrating May 20 as an unofficial anniversary for jeans.Denim City São Paulo,...
Data backs up Tanzanian organic cotton
The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) has published the results of a life-cycle analysis (LCA) for cotton produced in...
XLANCE presents new bio-circular yarn at PV Denim
XLANCE, which markets a polyolefin-based stretch fibre, has been quietly working on the development of a biobased...
Wrangler makes move into sunglasses market
Eyewear brand FGX International has signed a licensing partnership with Wrangler for a range of sunglasses and reading...

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Cut from a different cloth

Matthew Hegarty, founder of London-based brand Hegarty, sees denim and outerwear as the defining items in any wardrobe and tells us why UK manufacture and fabrics provide the foundations on which the business is built. For readers who don’t know, can you ...

“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...
Miles Johnson on why true denim sustainability demands collaboration, not competition
Consultant Miles Johnson acknowledges the dichotomy between balancing profit...

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Is there life on planet wool denim?

In our common memory, denim is and has always been a blue fabric made of cotton. Yet history shows that before being blue and cotton, denim was something quite different. Tilmann Wröbel says recent shifts in trends seem to confirm that this forgotten chapter...

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...
To go with the flow
The shift towards wider and looser styles is a blessing for the denim industry...
Patterns vs fades
The making of jeans adorned with ‘deep fake’ digital prints, motifs etched out...
Indigo’s sophisticated companion
Advances in blending, weaving and dyeing wool have led to some exciting new...