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Next Printing explores new faux vintage aesthetics

Italian printed denim specialist Next Printing exhibited at Milano Unica, on the booth of its owner, ACM, presenting a wide array of new developments that company manager Philippe Mignot has been working on lately. One key trend he is pushing is to...

Cotton Incorporated steps up ‘plastic-free’ message
Cotton Incorporated is expanding its efforts this July to educate consumers about the benefits of natural fibres and...
New president for J.Crew
J.Crew Group has chosen Kathleen Van Nest Pierce to head its J.Crew brand. The former Dyson Beauty and Estée Lauder...
European partner in place for Lee
Following Authentic Brands Group’s June announcement that, once its acquisition of denim brand Lee is complete, One...
Jeansland: Frontline’s Sean Vossen on hidden complexity behind garment manufacturing
The Jeansland Podcast series, sponsored by Inside Denim, continues with Sean Vossen, who works with Frontline in Hong...
India-France Design Challenge looks through circular lens
Celebrating its eighth season, the R|Elan Circular Design Challenge has received over 220 applications globally, with...
Fire at textile mill in France
Reports from France say a textile mill in the east of the country, Coublanc Textiles, has been destroyed in a fire....

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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...