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  • CLOSED Sustainability Report Highlights

    CLOSED brand brings about its sustainability report 2020 highlighting its achievements thus far and also the road ahead.

  • H&M’s Monki Joins Zalora: Unleashes the ‘Most’ Recycled Denim Collection Ever

    H&M Group had a lot going on this week with its CEO and sustainability ambassador attending the Fashion Future Conference, its Monki Brand becoming a part of Zalora, and the launch of the world’s largest recycled denim collection ever, altogether. Monki, the company’s youth-oriented brand, is expanding its online presence throughout Southeast Asia. The brand currently has…

  • Levi’s x Naomi Osaka The Upcycled Denim Collection

    Consumer use and disposal account for up to 40% of the climate impact during the life cycle of a pair of jeans. Disposal is also a major issue across the industry, as over half of all garments made annually are burned or buried within one year. These prevailing circumstances are causing ecological concerns and thus…

  • Pacsun’s New Fall Collection: Curating Season’s Must-Haves

    With the e-retail yielding a high surplus and people using mobile devices to make purchases, it’s no surprise that Gen Z is a driving force of these online shopping trends. More specifically, Gen Z is using social media to influence their online shopping habits. One brand, in particular, has seen massive growth growing their Gen Z community…

  • Jeans Redesign–An Evaluation On Recycled Content Commitments

    Jeans Redesign project by Make Fashion Ciruclar initiative of Ellen Macarthur Foundation provides a launch pad to ensure all clothing is made from safe and renewable materials, and all clothing items are used more and made to be made again. Using jeans as a starting point, Make Fashion Circular aims to initiate actions that contribute…

  • Arvind X Textile Genesis Traceability Solution

    Recognizing the urgent need for Transparency across the denim supply chain , backed by a credible Traceability mechanism, Arvind denim recently joined hands with TEXTILE GENESIS™ – a pioneering start up in “Digital track & trace” space. Arvind is probably the most well known textile group and most diversified as well. Its denim division ,…

  • Sustainability. The Next Big Thing In Denim.

    Sponsored article – This article has been written by Coats team and is reproduced here at D&J on their behalf. “With over 4.5 billion pairs of jeans produced worldwide every year, denim is one of the planet’s most popular clothing choices. But it has a serious image problem when it comes to the environment. Here…

  • Bast Recast – A Q&A With Naveena , Lenzing & Endrime

    In this closely knit world brought closer by the pandemic, ‘collaboration’ has become the buzzword. Companies and people who are already good in their fields can do something excellent together. This approach is even more important in the denim industry where innovations are happening at a rapid pace across various segments and there is a…

  • MARIE CLAIRE UK SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS 2021: FASHION WINNERS

    Sustainable fashion is intended towards better and bigger ecological integrity. The rise of popular sustainable clothing brands is strong evidence that there is greater awareness of environmental degradations, their reasons, and possible solutions by apparel makers. To acknowledge this effort, fashion brands were awarded in the first-ever Marie Claire UK Sustainability Awards 2021. Judged by a panel…

  • Madewell Platform For Second Hand Clothing With Thredup

    Consumers have taken a big dig to recycle all sorts of waste but when it comes to clothes the speed of adaptation is very slow. Abandoned clothes lead to landfills causing a threat to the environment. The incipient fashion trend of thrifting or reselling second-hand clothes is now more productively being used by retailers. Consumers,…

  • Recycled Carbon Smart Fabrics -Lululemon X Lanzatech: Promise For Denim Industry Also

    Lululemon Athletica Inc., the luxury athletic apparel brand, recently announced its collaboration with Biotechnology company LanzaTech, to produce the world’s first fabric with the use of recycled carbon emissions that would otherwise get released into the atmosphere as pollution. The carbon-capture experts and the high-end athleisure curator have fabricated a waste-gas-based polyester with the same…

  • H&M, Ikea, B&Q & Walmart Want To Lead Apparel Retailers In Climate Control

    H&M, Ikea, B&Q, and Walmart have launched a new climate change initiative to drive action on encouraging other retailers to achieve carbon reduction targets. They have partnered with the COP26 High-Level Climate Action Champions to initiate “Race to Zero Breakthroughs: Retail Campaign”. This initiative is supported by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)..…