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Founded by Sandeep Agarwal – who has been associated with denim since 1993- the website brings out the best in denim world – trends, analysis, reports on almost a daily basis for the service of the denim industry worldwide. The reports provided by Denimsandjeans.com over the last few years have been found quite useful by the industry players – designers, sourcing guys, mills, buyers etc.
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This is a guest post by Harry Mercer Until 1915, most Indigo dyeing was conducted in skein machines for cotton or loose fiber dyeing for wool. Skein dyeing of Indigo is still the best method for dyeing Indigo on very fine yarns for the delicate high-fashion fabrics. In 1915, the first rope dyeing machine appeared…
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The Indian market is a fast growing market for denim products. From a small market in early 1990s , we are looking at a market today which consumes over 250 millions pcs of jeans in a year and is growing at a pace of over 10%. Going at this pace, the Indian market will…
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Levi’s is trying to touch new heights on the ladder of corporate social responsibility by ensuring in various ways that its suppliers adhere to practices which are good for the workers and for the society as a whole. Since , Levi’s hardly has its own manufacturing left now, it is dependent on factories around the…
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As we mentioned in our previous report on last quarter imports in 2010 , the denim apparel import continues to fall in the first 2 months of 2011. The fall is not small –at about 6.3% – compared to the same period in 2010. The fall is even more when one considers that the last…
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This is a guest post by Harry Mercer Why Garment Dyeing? Garment dyeing is a method of dyeing fully-fashioned garments such as t-shirts, sweaters, dresses, stockings and jeans. In the conventional method of fabric manufacturing, fabric that has been pre-dyed (piece-dyed) is cut-and-sewn into garments. The conventional method has the advantage in terms of cost…
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“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” says Brundtland Politician and sustainable development leader. This concept has been imbibed by Garmon and Bozetto – who are a chemical manufacturing company from Italy and firmly believe in innovation with sustainability.…
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What is the GSM of a 10.5 oz fabric ? What is the linear weight of a 14 oz fabric with a width of 165 cm ? What is the oz/sq.yd of a fabric if one mtr weighs 800 gms ? What is the GSM of a fabric if it weighs 200 grams and has…
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A partnership between Arvind denim and Birla Cellulose has resulted in the creation of a great denim product – the Excel Denim. Excel fiber which is a third generation cellulosic fiber has been developed by Birla Cellulose in collaboration with Arvind mills and the result is a cool denim product. Both the companies worked together …
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The use of ammonia in mercerization has been known since the 1930’s and was developed commercially for fabric processing around 1970 in what was originally known as the Tedesco process, which was subsequently acquired by the Sanforized company and made well-known as the Sanfor-Set®process. The fashion appeal of so-called “flat-finish” denim resulting from Japanese ammonia-finished…
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This is a guest post by Caroline . She covered the denim trends at the recently held Magic fair in USA. She runs the blog – Nudawngtown The Denim Shirt ! The sturdy denim shirt showed how it’s evolving for the young men’s market. Basic denim styles to more updated versions with mixed fabrics, stitch…
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This is a guest post by Harry Mercer. This is a very technical description – read on if you are technically oriented.. Here are given some important dyeing processes related to indigo dyeing – specially on Rope Dyeing . Pre Treatment Pre-treatment is conducted in the 1st tank. The most common pre-treatments are : 1. …
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This is a guest article by Robert Antoshak – Managing Director , Olah Inc. This week, cotton futures prices topped $2.00 per pound. A year or so ago, the big debate in the cotton world was whether cotton could reach the history-setting level of a $1.00 per pound. How things can change! For jeans and…