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SFI adds vintage denim to its toolkit

Over the years, the Star Fades International team has gathered a globally sourced collection of vintage jeans. The laundry and design studio recently revealed its new Vintage Denim Archive at a special event at its headquarters in Commerce,...

Bangladesh prepares for twentieth Denim Expo
The Bangladesh Denim Expo is preparing to celebrate its twentieth edition. The exhibition next takes place in Dhaka on...
Strong growth for Ralph Lauren
Fashion brand Ralph Lauren has reported full-year revenues of $8.1 billion for its most recent financial year, the 12...
Oritain: Switching suppliers has exposed brands to prohibited cotton
Origin verification provider Oritain has claimed there is a widening "verification gap" between supply chain...
Gap appoints new CEO for Banana Republic
The San Francisco based retailer has announced the appointment of Donald Kohler as president and CEO of Banana...
Officina39: Industry is seeking intelligent systems
Italian chemicals company Officina39 is introducing its Low Temperature Reactive Dyeing to visitors to Denim Première...
Soko features innovation & collaboration at PV Denim
Florence-based chemicals company Soko is highlighting recent collaborations at Superstudio, where PV Denim is on today...

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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...