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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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A Chat With Stefano Aldighieri – Ex-Creative Director 7 For All Mankind
On my recent visit at Hong Kong , I met Stefano Aldighieri . Stefano has worked as creative director at ‘7 For All Mankind’ and ‘Hudson Jeans ‘ and as design director at Levi’s. He has been involved with the US denim industry for a very long time . He is currently running his own…
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Denim Processing & Finishing in Environmentally Friendly Context
Nowadays, when it comes to eco-friendly treatments within the denim industry, there seems to be no shortage of innovative views, technological progression or the investments as witnessed by the attendees of last December’s AATCC Denim and Sustainability symposium. Instead, the difficulty lies in the power to implement the green solutions into the apparel market. Naturally,…
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The Highest And Lowest Priced Exporters Of Denim To USA In 2009
About 580 million pieces of denim apparel were imported into US from various countries around the world in 2009. This apparel included mainly jeans and some small quantities of denim skirts, denim jackets, denim blazers etc. The average price of all this apparel was USD7.15/ piece CIF US . It would be interesting to…
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Indigo Blue Dye: Not Only Blue – Some Interesting Facts
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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Mount Vernon Mills , USA – An Interview
Mount Vernon Mills(MVM) is one of the oldest mills in the USA with its roots in mid-nineteenth century. MVM also makes some great denim fabrics in USA awhere most of the denim mills have either shut down or have shifted operations. We thought it might be a good idea to know what makes MVM tick…
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Women’s Denim Jeans – Street Trends Around The World
What trends in women’s denim can be seen on streets in Paris, London, Tokyo, Berlin and other cities around the world? Is Skinny jeans still going strong ? Is Boyfriend jeans witnessing new variations and silhouettes ? What new looks can be seen in Jeggings ? To find answers to many of these and similar…
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Pocketing for Denim Jeans That Go With The Vintage Looks
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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Kurabo’s New Kantanmen Super Soft Wrinkle And Shrink Resistant Denim
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…
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Dirty Denim – A Look Into L.A Denim Business
The wave of upscale jeans started in 2003 when a large number of national and international players descended upon Los Angeles and it became the centre of the denim growth story and home to master denim technicians . Here is a series of some very interesting videos on the denim business – “Dirty Denim”- in…
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Planet Denim -Re-designing The Denim Jean For a Sustainable Planet
The project “Planet Denim” with the prestigious MA Menswear course at the Royal College of Art in London, challenged the students to focus on the design and finish of the iconic “5 pocket” denim jean and to develop new techniques for pattern making, construction and especially finish, which take into account the long-term impact the…
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Denim Product Development – An Analysis
This is a guest post by Harry Mercer Product development is especially important in the denim market because of demands for novelty and performance, both on the fabric production side and from the garment processing side. There are 2 aspects to product development of fabrics. Product development is usually thought of as creating a product…