insidedenim: Global denim industry news and views site

Must Read

Wool sector ‘cautiously optimistic’ as merino jumps 25%

Pioneering mill Orta to close

Target features limited-time Wrangler collection

News

More News...

The Lycra Company partners with Natural Cotton Color and Texpar

In Brazil, Natural Cotton Color produces varieties of cotton plants that are not white but come in various shades of brown and beige. These have been spun and knitted into fabrics with Lycra Renewable, a partially biobased elastane, by Texpar and...

Venice premiere for 'AI-powered' Diesel documentary
Diesel and OTB founder Renzo Rosso, his family and friends attended the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of Be...
Authentic chooses Union Group as licensee for Mexico
Ahead of the acquisition of Lee from Kontoor, expected to close in the coming months, Authentic Brands Group has...
Inditex’s flexibility is serving it well
Inditex’s sales of its spring/summer collections grew 7.6%, to reach €19.8 billion. The autumn-winter collections...
Jeansland 85: what ‘eco-grazing’ has to teach the denim industry
The latest episode of Jeansland Podcast, sponsored by Inside Denim, focuses on “eco-grazing” and what it can teach the...
Biomimicry in action, Fiberly turns lyocell into a cotton-like fibre
Bénédicte Quinta, founder and CEO of Fiberly, delivered a pitch in the innovation section of Première Vision last week...
Wool-waste dye achieves innovation award
Chemicals company Archroma has won an ICIS Innovation Award for Best Product Innovation from a Large Company for...

Dialogue

More Dialogue...

Catapulted from campus: How Ali Grace turned vintage jeans into a multimillion-dollar brand

Vintage Levi’s form the base of every Aligrace style, with fit an integral consideration. Each piece is individually reworked to appeal to “the girl who has spent years feeling like denim just wasn’t made with her in mind”. You started by reworking...

Clocking On with Emily Gubbay
Emily Gubbay has devised a method to extract indigo from denim and jeans that...
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,...

Features

More Features...

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...