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TE report shows virgin fossil-based polyester production jumped 7% in a year

Japan Blue promises to protect Kojima's denim culture

Second Madrid opening as Tintoremus becomes ‘serious’.

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Rag & Bone opens Paris store

The denim brand originally founded by designers Marcus Wainwright, British, and NY-based Nathan Bogle in 2002 has chosen the trendy upper Marais quarter for its third store in Europe, after Amsterdam and Dusseldorf. In Paris, it joins the ranks of...

Circle-8 launches UK circular textiles programme
UK-based textile circularity specialist Circle-8 has brought together New Look, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Oxfam in The...
Autumn edition of Intertextile Shanghai reflects sourcing today
Organiser of the Intertextile Shanghai exhibition, Messe Frankfurt, has said this year’s autumn event, which took place ...
Recover prepares next stage with new co-CEOs
Recover, the maker of mechanically recycled cotton yarns has announced the appointment of two new co-CEOs. Enes Adak,...
Denim Deal launches repair collab to bring the conversation ‘full circle’
Denim Deal has joined forces with United Repair Centre (URC), a social impact company providing apparel repair...
Canopy’s latest report sees progress in next-gen fibre adoption
Canopy has released its latest Hot Button Progress Report for 2026, which confirms that the environmental nonprofit’s...
No44 champions ‘denim made to last’
Romanian denim brand No44 has presented its latest campaign, For Good, which it says eschews the trend of newness by...

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Japan Blue: Strength in the stories

Driven by a rebrand and new partnerships, Japan Blue and Momotaro have seen revenues double over the past five years. The respected Japanese group tells Inside Denim about the importance of communicating about not only the products but also the culture and...

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...
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 ...

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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...