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Fast Retailing achieves responsible cotton sourcing target

Japanese retailer Fast Retailing, owner of Uniqlo, Comptoir des Cottonniers, Theory and Helmut Lang, has released new data on its Responsible Procurement goals related to raw materials. Since 2018, it has favoured cotton “grown in ways that reduce...

Global launch for Lycra VintageFX
The Lycra Company announced a global launch of its Lycra VintageFX at Kingpins Amsterdam (April 15-16) following a soft ...
Online denim course on offer from AITEX
Alicante-based textile research institute AITEX is organising an online course on denim.The course is online only and...
Levi’s takes over Galeries Lafayette
This month, Parisian department store Galeries Lafayette Haussmann is decked out in Levi’s colours. The brand’s first...
Polyester-maker warns of price jump
Japanese textiles manufacturer Teijin Frontier has announced substantial increases in its prices for polyester fibres...
‘You are standing in a world he helped shape’: tributes pour in for Goldschmied
Vivian Wang, the CEO of Kingpins, led an emotional tribute to the ‘Godfather of denim’, Adriano Goldschmied, attended...
Emotional showcase of Pioneer’s final Goldschmied collection
Bangladesh-based Pioneer Denim celebrated the life of Adriano Goldschmied, showcasing his final collection for the...

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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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Patterns vs fades

The making of jeans adorned with ‘deep fake’ digital prints, motifs etched out by lasers or woven into jacquard fabrics, calls for equal measures of technology and craftsmanship. Integrating decors is not necessarily costly and also happens to be one of the...

Indigo’s sophisticated companion
Advances in blending, weaving and dyeing wool have led to some exciting new...
Tokyo retail reality check
Tokyo, a fantastic and shining metropolis. A mecca for denim lovers and a...
Stretch in or out?
Jeans are near perfect candidates for mechanical recycling thanks to their high ...
A new spin on hemp
Innovation in hemp processing is helping the natural fibre shed its...
Biotech indigo at a tipping point
Disrupting an industry that produces some 70,000 tonnes of petrochemical indigo ...