InDIGO, the denim B2B expo, organized by Denim Club India, is an event  in South Asia covering the complete denim value chain. The first edition was organized  in August, 2012. DCI is  now organizing the second edition of Indigo- INDIGO 2013 A major highlight of the second edition is the setting up of a fully operational state-of-the-art denim jeans production line, to demonstrate the benefits of automation in terms of enhanced productivity and quality of products. The ...Read More

Calik is a rapidly growing denim company from Turkey . With a capacity of 36 million meters and both rope dyeing and slasher facilities, the company is focusing on high end market.  During the recent mill week at Turkey, the company launched its Fall / Winter 14-15 Collection. This event was attended by Adriano Goldschmied – the legendary denim veteran. Calik’s  collection which is titled – Hide and Seek – and it focuses on new constructions, softer handles and blends ...Read More

Ksubi  – the Australian denim label – has come out some cool high end denim looks . They have played with tie dyes, denim thread embroideries and different fabrics to come out with some amazing urban and modern denim looks. Check out some of the cool looks below.   ...Read More

H & M is one of the largest and the fastest growing retailers around the world.  Established in 1947 by  Erling Persson , H &M brings fashion to women, men , teenagers and children. With over 150 in house designers, the retail group is focusing on not only develop great designs , but also sustainable chain of design, manufacturing and product handling both for the people and the environment. With a turnover of about US$21.5 billion in 2012, it is ahead of Gap Inc and is on fast ...Read More

Self Edge is one of the most famous denim store in US  having antique and most authentic denims. Located in NY, San Francisco  and LA , the store carries a full line of denim clothing and jewelry from cutting edge designers and artists from Japan. Recently , they launched a denim repair studio – “Darn It” -  in San Francisco. Opened with a purpose to repair old and worn out jeans , the studio has some very special machines – 1950s Singer Darning Machines, a rare ...Read More

Sri Lanka is an important  apparel manufacturing and export center in South Asia . The nation has been exporting quality garments to major markets like US and EU over the last few decades. However, over the years, the apparel exports have reduced – while in 2000 the apparel exports were about 49% of total exports of Sri Lanka, in 2011 , the figure dropped to 38%. Also, the last 2 years have not been very good for Sri lanka . On the one hand it lost the GSP+ facility to EU due to ...Read More

When one speaks of denim fashion in EU , the first nation that comes to mind is Italy. Italy has been the harbinger of denim developments with a number of important mills like TRC  and denim brands like Diesel  having originated from here. But what is the consumption of denim jeans in Italy ?  How many jeans are produced in Italy? How many of these are men’s and how many are women’s jeans ? What are the exports and imports of the same ? Is the production of jeans going ...Read More

Jeanologia is an innovative company in Spain which has brought  out various environment  friendly products for denim industry including the Ozone washing systems ,  lasers for washing denim and more. Latest in the line of these developments is the “Opulent Denim”  – a new collection of prints made by lasers.This is an evolution of the baroque trend, more focused on the atmosphere characteristic of the nineteenth century. Some details from this new collection ...Read More

CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. which produces and markets a natural fiber made from flax and other bast fibers, has entered into a marketing and development agreement with CONE DENIM, America’s largest and most innovative working denim mill, to begin this month. The agreement calls for CONE DENIM to market and develop the use of CRAiLAR Flax in its denim fabric line, which is sold to a broad range of the best global brands in fashion, work wear and casual lifestyle categories. The ...Read More

Prints and colors still look strong for Fall/Winter’13 collection as can be seen in Lee Jeans’ look book for this season. The prints are strong for SS’13 season and seem to be carrying spilling over to the next seasons too. Check out the look book below :   Checkout our updated Denim Import Reports – till Dec ‘12 ...Read More