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  • What is the reason behind the increased focus  for sustainability in textile products ? Lets look at some facts .. 7 Billion people in 2011 / 9 billion people by 2050. Feeding, clothing, and providing shelter for everyone does not come free. Everything has a cost. This cost has to be borne by the environment.…

  • Though we are a bit late in posting it , but nevertheless , its good to have see some of the denim and related fabric trends visible in the Premiere Vision held in Paris in September 2011. The trends are shared by Stylesight , a leading provider of trends . Gently Damaged Textures Gently aged…

  • This is a technical article by Harry Mercer on Indigo dyeing. It is the fourth and the last part of the article in series. The first part can be seen by clicking here and the second one here and the third one here Part 4 of 4: Denim Dyeing Done Right Indigo dye is unique…

  • EU and US have learnt an important lesson during recession. A strong manufacturing base helps in creating jobs and income and creates a cushion in recessionary period. But financial realities makes it difficult to bring manufacturing specially of low technology products like apparel back to these regions. Asian countries specially China has, in the last…

  • This is a technical post by Harry Mercer on Indigo dyeing. It is the third part of the article in series. The first part can be seen by clicking here and the second one here Part 3 of 4: Monitoring of the Indigo Dye baths As discussed in Part 2 of this series, most of…

  • This is a guest post by Harry Mercer on Indigo dyeing. It is second part of the article in series. The first part can be seen by clicking here Preparation For Dyeing In the previous article, the basic machine factors in Indigo dyeing were discussed. There are many other details required to achieve the highest…

  • This is a highly technical article on Indigo dyeing by Harry Mercer. Read on if you are technically oriented.. This is the first of a series of 4 articles addressing the problems and potential of Indigo dyeing. The Indigo color is the principal source of the almost magical appeal of denim. The dyeing process is…

  • Last year Levi’s had launched Levi’s® Water<Lessâ„¢ collection which used upto 96% less water in washing. With about 1.5 million jeans manufactured , Levi’s was targeting to save about 16 million litres of water.. For the Fall/ Winter 2011 , Levi’s will have about 12 million jeans in the Waterless collection and it hopes to…

  • This is a guest post by Harry Mercer. It tells about the  best practices in Sulphur dyeing for fashion denim and was  a part of the presentation made at Dhaka  by him on a seminar on Sulphur Dyes by Fenazol The Nature of Sulfur Dyes Sulfur dyes are a form of vat dyes – they…

  • Want to learn more about how to resolve everyday stitch and seam  quality problems with denim?  If you do , a free workshop by American and Efird  will give you useful knowledge on how to overcome the most typical seaming problems. A&E develops the content and creates these programs as a special means to help…

  • Denimsandjeans.com is probably the most frequented site on the net for denim supply chain professionals from mills, brands , retailers , manufacturers around the world (hope we did not sound pompous- just a little proud..!) . We are opening some new sections on our site where the companies could advertise themselves  and make themselves  and…