What do you think of  the vintage denim jeans shown below ? Would you like to own one of these vintage jeans ? And what if you found that these jeans do not fade further ? And that  these are actually not jeans  made of denim fabrics?? These are actually made up of uniquely digitally printed fleece and according to Stylesight , are talk of the Japanese blogging world.  This is a collection by the Talk About The Abstraction  and made with a theme derived from ...Read More

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This is a guest post by Harry Mercer. This is a part of the  presentation that he made in the denim seminar held recently at Mexico  . It gives various tips about getting better quality denim fabrics by taking care of parameters at finishing stage. Why Is Finishing Quality Critical? Denim finishing is critical to profits in that customers who pay the highest prices are very demanding with regard to shrinkage differences between and within fabric rolls. These customers will accept ...Read More

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Pocketing material is used in most trousers including denim jeans. It comes in various qualities going from 100% cotton to nlyon and polyester pocketing.  Normally denim jeans use white, cream or similar lighter shades of different qualities of  pocketing fabrics . But what pocketing do you use if you are creating a vintage jeans and want your pocketing material to completely align with the looks of the jeans ? You want to show that your pocketing is as aged as your jeans ? Normal ...Read More

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The famous denim mill from Japan – Kurabo – has come out with a great product  once again . Known for bringing out  innovating denim products from time to time – some of which have defined the denim developments the world over- Kurabo has brought out a Wrinkle Free and Shrink Resistant Denim which is Super Soft and remains so after a large number of washes. I met Mr Kenshi Kawano from Kurabo at Kingins Honkong( I am writing this post from the Kingpins show in Hongkong!)  ...Read More

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Here are some typical denim grey fabric constructions Weave: twill 3/1 Z 3/1 Denim Fabric Constructions Warp(ends/cm) Weft(ends/cm) Warp Tex Weft Tex Weave 24 16 7 84 6 98 3/1 25 16 7 84 6 98   24 16 7 84 5.5 107   20.8 15.5 7.4 80 6 98   27 19 7.5 78 6.7 88   24 17 7 84 6 98   23 15 11 8.5 11.8 50   23 16.5 7 84 7 ...Read More

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Denim has always been greedily targeted by manufacturers/producers of fibres other than cotton simply for the reason that it is the highest selling clothing item in the world. There have been experiments to make denim from wool,silk,tencel and other fibres and each of them has had limited amount of success. We now have a new fibre seeking to enter the world of denim – The Alpaca Fiber . [caption id="attachment_468" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Paca blue denim"][/caption] The ...Read More

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Japan Fashion Week recently concluded in Tokyo. Besides the usual show, there was an exhibition on the denim industry in Japan – Japan Blue. The highlight of this exhibiton was that the Japanese denim industry is working on various ways to make the entire Denim/Jeans manufacturing process as environment friendly as possible.Denim fabric manufacturer Nisshinbo is using discarded banana stocks in its fabrics .Manufacturer Nihonmenpu is producing items dyed with natural mulberry ...Read More

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Advanced Denim is a new concept based on two new sulphur dyes – introduced by Clariant last week in the Blue Zone fair. They mention that from a technology point of view, Advanced Denim offers fast-to-repetitive washing, good rubbing fastness and an easy application process. Environmentally, it features an ecological dyeing process (no hydros, less water consumption), denim that fulfills GOTS requirements, and wash-down bleaching without the need for hypochlorite (Aox free). Fashion ...Read More

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There are  a large number of denim mills in India – more than 22. Some of them are quite old – like Arvind – while many of them have started operations in the couple of years. The success of a denim company greatly depends on the kind of product development that it does. Each mill has its own special products and cater to different segments of the market. There are varying views regarding the quality of developments of different companies. I think, it would be good if we ...Read More

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There are hundreds of Denim Mills around the world. However, some of them are known by their names to all those who know denim while others are not so well known. It would be great to know which denim company would the readers consider as the BEST DENIM COMPANY IN THE WORLD.. Which is the BEST DENIM COMPANY IN THE WORLD? You can vote here and see the results also. Which is the Best Denim Fabric Company in the World?(answers) ...Read More

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