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Levi’s takes over Galeries Lafayette

‘You are standing in a world he helped shape’: tributes pour in for Goldschmied

Emotional showcase of Pioneer’s final Goldschmied collection

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Banana Republic reissues archival adventure-ready capsule

Gap-owned brand Banana Republic is reconnecting with its origins in a partnership with The Explorers Club, an organisation that has been supporting environmental and scientific expeditions and missions since 1905. In its Archive Reissue...

Polyester-maker warns of price jump
Japanese textiles manufacturer Teijin Frontier has announced substantial increases in its prices for polyester fibres...
Retailers push for Vietnamese mills to use US cotton
Cotton industry information resource Cotlook has said in its monthly report for March 2026 that international cotton...
Partnership to scale recycled cotton in denim
Ahead of Kingpins, which opens tomorrow in Amsterdam, recycled cotton maker Recover, of Spain, and vertically...
OTB aims to preserve Made in Italy skills
Fashion group and Diesel-owner OTB Group has launched the fifth edition of its School of Craftsmanship, an in-house...
Soko presents fading dye effect
At the Kingpins Amsterdam show (April 15 and 16), Italian chemicals maker Soko will unveil Soko Shadow, a fading dye...
New ‘Fresh Blood’ episode from Jeansland
Andrew Olah continues to talk with next generation fashion and denim professionals in this episode with Hayato Nishi....

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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 ...