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Gap Inc. strengthens fashiontainment pole

Gap Inc is building up its newly formed ‘fashiontainment’ platform with the appointment of Lourdes Arocho to head licensing. She will be based in the company’s Los Angeles offices and report to Chief Entertainment Officer Pam Kaufman. Ms Kaufman...

Wrangler eyes sunglasses spoils
Eyewear brand FGX International has signed a licensing partnership with Wrangler for a range of sunglasses and reading...
Candiani produces linen blends in answer to rising temperatures
Italian mill Candiani Denim has launched a linen-blended denim collection made from Spanish and Greek regenerative...
Shein eyes Everlane
Chinese ultra fast fashion group Shein is expected to acquire Everlane in a deal that values the eco-minded DTC brand...
Partners formalise fast track fading
Pakistan denim mill Soorty has been working with Jeanologia to create a range of denim fabrics optimised for the laser...
Hyosung updates on sugarcane-derived spandex
Korean textiles maker Hyosung TNC has given an update on its progress towards supplying a partially biobased elastane...
AAFA calls for extra support for Better Work Pakistan
The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) and the Fair Labor Association have praised the Pakistan...

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“Collaboration between industry and academia allows for fresh perspectives”

Professor Kate Goldsworthy is the director of Future Denim Lab, an ambitious five-year initiative dedicated to advancing circular and regenerative denim.I was thrilled to be invited to write this at the very beginning of an exciting new venture. The Future...

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...
Clocking On...Terrence Ruggiero - A day in the off-season
After years in Manhattan, Lunasalt Denim founder Terrence Ruggiero swapped one...

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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...