Have some spare old jeans which you can dispense with ? Go to any Gap store and return your old jeans and get 30% off denim purchases at (selected) Gap stores till March 14th. Initiated by the Cotton Incorporated , the Cotton: From Blue to Green Project takes your old jeans and converts them into Ultra touch Natural Cotton Fibre Insulation for communities in need. The first From Blue To Green denim drive in 2006 collected 14,566 denim pieces across the US, more than double the anticipated ...Read More

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International Textile Group Inc. has cut 100 jobs at its White Oak denim-manufacturing plant in Greensboro — about 25 percent of the work force. It is the second time in five months that the company has eliminated jobs at the plant in an attempt to balance production capacity with demand for its denim from such customers as Levi’s. ITG cut 150 jobs in December as part of eliminating yarn production at the plant. We have seen considerable negative news related to Denim plants ...Read More

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Cone Denim of the ITG Group has formally opened its Nicaragua plant for the manufacturing of 28 million metres of denim. Employing about 850 people, it is their first venture in the Central Americas. Cone denim already has manufacturing facilities in the US,Mexico and China and partnerships in India(recently with LNJ Denim) and Turkey. At a time when Denim is going through a downturn, it is surprising to see the confidence with which Cone Denim is not only expanding operations but entering ...Read More

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Denim has become a universal phenomenon and has enabled it to become much more than a fabric - a Concept, a statement , a way of life and much more. Its no more an American product and has entered deep into the psyche of people worldwide as one of the best textile products ever made. Its Globalization combined with the Individualsation through distressing and other effects has anthropologists around the world interested in studying denim as a subject. The Global Denim Project is an attempt ...Read More

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The first edition of the ‘Denim by Premier Vision‘ will be taking place at Paris St-Denim.Around 40 companies from over 11 countries all over the world shall be represented here. It will be a unique ‘Fashion -Textiles’ meet with denim producers, washing launderies,fashion accessories represented here. The setting of the event is also expected to be unique and marked by a sense of openness - discarding the traditional closed forum setting..A fun atmosphere is sought to ...Read More

The imports of Mens/Boys Jeans into US seems to have slowed down since the second quarter of this year. The total imports under this category is down by 6.8% .. This fall is significant in view of the boom that Denim was going through.. US Import figures for M/B Jeans in 2007 Year Ist Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd quarter Total % change 2006 4.2 6.2 7.6 18.1   2007 4.1 5.7 7.0 16.8 -6.8% All figures are in Million Dozens. Source : US Customs Interesting… ...Read More

Often people wonder why of all the places Los Angeles became the Premium Denim capital of the world. How did the process of globalisation reverse in case of premium denims where the production sent overseas came back to US ? L.A had a very developed denim production and large scale productions were done for companies like Tommy Hilfiger, Guess, Pepe,Abercombie & Fitch,Calvin Klein etc.. Alongwith stitching, the facilities for washing and designing were quite developed.. However, as the ...Read More

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Can you believe that Denim can be dyed 48 TIMES ?? Well, seeing is believing. Here are some snaps from Kappa Jeans which claims to dye their Denims 48 times in NATURAL INDIGO..See here and here But whatever may be the actual number of dips in Indigo, the Denim is Really Cool.. Related Posts: Natural Indigo Dye Extraction Process ...Read More

Calitri Denim Industries of Italy, the manufacturer of premium Ring Spun denims , has entered into Joint Venture with GFM Textiles of Mexico . The Denim division of GFM is also commonly known as Parras. GFM is a diversified group with interests in Minerals, Energy,Electronics and Textiles. Its denim division Parras has four plants and an annual production capacity of about 100 million metres. On the other hand , CDI is a much smaller plant with a capacity of about 15 million metres ...Read More

Old Navy debuts its Fall 2007 line in stores featuring various striking trends. Color Denim: As I previously mentioned , Color Denim trend is likely to be picked up by various brands. Old Navy is offering its skinny denims in crimson red, yellow, gunmetal grey, cobalt blue, and pastel purple(USD 29.50) . A complete antithesis of skinny jeans is the Wide Legged denim - which is also being taken up in a small way. The jeans are priced at USD 34.50 .. Wide legged jeans trend is not expected to ...Read More