There has been a fall in demand of denim apparel in US and even the EU in the last 6 months.  The fall in demand and hence imports to US had started setting in the last quarter of 2010 itself and is continuing since then.  Lets look at the figures of denim exported by two important exporting countries to the US in the first quarter of 2011.   Country Year/ quarter Total Denim Apparel (pcs) Total Value (in USD) Average Price ( USD/pc) Change in qty. over last ...Read More

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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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Though most of the denim afficionados might be aware of this store, I think its worth a post on this blog because of its importance to denim lovers. Self Edge is a store in San Francisco and is not the typical retail store where one goes and buys out the apparel. As you enter, you can feel that it has that ‘air of denim’ which is full of passion and history.As New York Times mentions ,Self Edge is “something between a premium specialty shop and a museum dedicated to a ...Read More

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