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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.
Category: Manufacturing Process
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This is a guest post by Harry Mercer The problem of treating wastewater from denim dye waste is significant in many developing countries. Either the costs of treating these wastes affects profit margins or the waste goes untreated and is discharged directly into rivers. The most serious pollution problem results from the use of…
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American & Efird (A&E) is a global leader in denim threads manufacturing. With over a century of experience in industrial threads , they come out with number of technical bulletins to help and guide denim garment manufacturers to optimize seam performance in denim stitching so that not only rejections due to stitching are minimized but…
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Jeanologia is a company from Spain dedicated to providing eco friendly finishing solutions for garments – specially denim. With a corporate tagline of “The Science of Finishing” it has been their mission for last 15 years to enhance industrial garment finishing through technology & know how. The concept of ‘Sustainable Denim’ – an eco friendly…
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Indigo has been in use as a blue colorant for thousands of years as a natural dye, which was produced from the Indigophera plant in India and China and with woad in Europe. Indigo cultivation was introduced in the Americas in the 18th century, first in the West Indies and then in South Carolina. Indigo…
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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…
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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…
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This is guest post by Harry Mercer Latent defects are ones that are not apparent in finished denim fabrics, but will appear after garment laundering. They are usually a result of procedures in denim sizing, dyeing and finishing that interfere with garment processing or cause spots, holes or streaks in garments. The most well-known is…
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This is a guest post by Harry Mercer. His brief bio is given below the post. Dyeing of denim yarns and fabrics with sulfur black can present a number of problems that affect fabric profit margins as well as the quality and performance of black jeans. Problems include : Dye waste (normally 50% or more…
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This is a technical writeup on various types of dyes used in Denim Dyeing by one of our guest writers – Adnan Indigo Dyes Background Indigo, or indigotin, is a dyestuff originally extracted from the varieties of the indigo and woad plants. Indigo was known throughout the ancient world for its ability to color…
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The indigo dyeing and processing methods -currently used – for dyeing indigo warps were introduced from 1978- 1987 to obtain a higher productivity and savings in dyeing or to achieve the required darker shades (hard rock washing, super blue, soft denim), or softness of the yarn for final finishing. The following table gives you a…
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Readymade garment sector is booming world wide & specially in 3rd world countries, and garment processing has emerged as one of the important production routes towards meeting quick changing demands of the fashion market. In this article we look at processing of denim garments & its impact on environment. Brands seeking to improve their environmental…
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Acid wash is again becoming popular on denim jeans and we are going to see more of acid washes in the coming seasons. Here , lets have a quick look at the acid washing process . An acid wash finish treatment creates significant contrasts in the color of the denim material. It can be…