The sixth edition of Denimsandjeans.com Bangladesh shall be held on October 5-6 ,2016 at Radisson Blue , Dhaka with a theme – VINTAGE RECALL.
After launching the first denim show in Bangladesh, we have in the past three years successfully managed to bring the International Mills to a platform where they could watch the Denim Industry of Bangladesh . The objective behind this show has been always to showcase the importance of Bangladesh in the global denim industry . The 5th edition which ended on March 3rd ,2016 at Dhaka , has received a very positive response from all the exhibitors as well as from the visitors. The two days of this denim show started with the opening remarks by honorable Dr. Gauhar Rizvi ( Advisor to PM) followed by representatives of some reputed business communities.
Denimsandjeans is not limited to being a trade show but is a denim event where a number of activities take place and bring together the global denim fraternity where they can share their views , ideas , new technologies , business propositions etc. and enable a closer bonding among them. The 5th show was no exception and a number of events took place including seminars, live video conferences, student competitions etc. This time the live video conferences by reputed denim designer Mr. Leopoldo Durante and Owner of Pizarro Laundries – Mr. Vasco Pizzaro , not only set a new benchmark but also showed the perfect blend of quality and technology together.
The show had 30 exhibitor companies from Brazil, India, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Pakistan, China, Turkey, Indonesia, UAE and had over 1620 visitors.The highlight among the buyers’ visit was that of Diesel Teams from Italy and India to the show and specially when it was the first of its kind in this region by the team. 455 companies and over 1620 visitors from around the world visited the show, among them being important retailers, buying houses, major factories , agents etc.
From Denim Playground Dhaka to Denim Hi-Fashion , we have always kept experimenting with new themes with every edition and this time since the entire denim fraternity is celebrating #100Years of collaboration of Cone Mill with Levis , therefore in a mark of respect , Vintage Recall is a little tribute to the vintage nature of denim which is expressing itself through repeated forays by designers into the past in an effort to recreate it. The trend is getting stronger and the ORIGINALITY of denim is getting vogue again . The Vintage Recall not only talks about the Vintage era but it will also talk as to why we need to go back to our traditional method of production in order to achieve the Sustainability in an absolute term.
There is lot to come , and we will update you from time to time.
Don’t forget the dates – October 5 and 6 and we look forward to meet you at the show.
Fashionim – the runway show – has been an integral part of the Denimsandjeans.com Bangladesh show since its third edition. In every edition of Fashionim , few companies display their latest collections . Envoy Textiles from Bangladesh displayed their SS17 collections at the FASHIONIM on March 2nd , 2016. We bring some highlights of this show in this article.
Envoy brought some very unique products to the runway and this included the :
TOPS
· Indigo Yarn dyed knit tops – with the yarn created at their factory.
· Tencil and Tencil cotton blended light weight fabric tops
· Chambray texture tops
· Tops with prints and dobby works
DRESSES
· Ladies dress with comfort stretch for Summer
· Ladies top with Cotton Satin and Cotton Linen
SHIRTS and BOTTOMS
· Light to Medium weight Shirts for Men
· Comfort shorts for men’s casual
· Coated denim bottoms for men
· Performance denim with high stretchability (Thermolite)
· High stretch Satin bottoms for ladies
· Comfort stretch bottoms for men in different weight range and casts with variation in optics
· High stretch works on spun poly blend for ladies bottom to offer durable performance and wearing comfort
The 2nd Bangladesh Fashion Students’ Denim Design Contest successfully completed on 3rd March ,2016 at Hotel Radisson , Dhaka . This was an initiative to bring the talent of aspiring young designers of Bangladesh to the world. The students from multiple fashion universities including INIFD, NIFT,SMUCT, BUFT etc. had participated in this competition .
The students were given the theme of ‘Hi – Fashion Denim’ – a trend seen since last year whereby denim has entered the echelons of haute couture clothing. The students were invited to create designs on this concept and provided guidelines and support for the same. We had also planned that the garments of the students would be show cased on the FASHIONIM RUNWAY and the students created the garments with the same in mind. The best 15 garments were also to be put up on voting at our Denimsandjeans show where all the visitors and exhibitors would vote on the designs.
We were frankly not expecting too many international level designs to come up and were expecting to do one single sequence with the garments at the runway. However, we were stumped to see a large number of highly creative designs coming up from the students and we had to finally create 3 sequences at the runway and that too with some difficulty as it was very difficult to reject most of them.
The whole process of students design competition was guided by Ms Anna Troupe, a sustainable design lecturer and social entrepreneur based in Dhaka. Besides there were great contributions by others including Mr Tanveer, Mr Arief Labu, Mr Jamil and Mr Rubaiyat and our Bangladesh and India teams – all of whom helped the students in different ways in reaching the right destination in terms of their designs.
The FASHIONIM runway was already very hot when the collections of Vicunha Textil and Envoy Textil came to the ramp. However, it was literally set on fire when the designs of students were visible on the confidently walking models. The audience were very excited to see some great designs and applauded them all the way. The excited students – who were also present at the show – did not leave any chance of encouraging the models who wore their designs and electrified the atmosphere. Yes ! it was for the first time in the history of denim fashion shows, the designs of young students of Bangladesh was showcased to an international audience including Diesel team from Italy and India. Each and Every design was sophisticated and jaw dropping as well as demiurgic and had received tons of appreciation from all the attendees of FASHIONIM. The theme ‘Denim In High Fashion’ which was well captured and well executed by the students .
The students started with Let’s have a look at the sketches the students created and converted them into wonderful designs.
The conceptualized designs were then converted into garments specifically tailored to model sizes . The beautiful garments can be seen below :
The 15 shortlisted designs were voted upon by all exhibitors and visitors creating a high level of excitement among the students and the universities.
The votes were counted and the winners were declared. We are happy to announce the names of the winners :-
Rank
Name
College
1
Shovon Majumder
SMUCT
2
Fatema Zohoro
SMUCT
3
Shamim Ara Nasrin
NIFT
Special mention and thanks to Vicunha Group for sponsoring a cash prize for the students besides their beautiful DENIM GLASSES which were given to the first prize winner.
There was one special prize for a student , Purna Ahmed , who won the award in the denim accessory section by designing a beautiful Denim Hat – which became very popular and was one of the center of attraction at the photobooth .
Our very special thanks to ENVOY GROUP for providing great support in terms of prizes, sponsorship and guidance. Also we thank SQUARE GROUP for providing the fabric support.
The 5th Edition of Denimsandjeans.com Bangladesh show ended on a great positive on 3rd March, 2016 at Dhaka. The show had 30 exhibitor companies from Brazil, India, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Pakistan, China, Turkey, Indonesia, UAE and had over 1620 visitors.The highlight among the buyers’ visit was that of Diesel Teams from Italy and India to the show and specially when it was the first of its kind in this region by the team. 455 companies and over 1620 visitors from around the world visited the show, among them being important retailers, buying houses, major factories , agents etc. Some of the visiting companies were :
Bestseller United India Pvt.Ltd., Beaumanoir Group,Cecil, Celio Sourcing, Cortefi El Commercial S.A.,Defacto, Diesel Italy , Diesel India, Eclorte Ingles, Ginatricot, Groupe, Beaumanoir, H&M, Itx Trading S.A, Kappahl Far East Ltd., Kik, Lc Waikiki, Levi Strauss & Co., Marks & Spencer, Next Sourcing, Otto International (Hong Kong) Ltd., Otto International Hermes, Puls Trading Far East Limited, Redpoint Jackets Limited, Shop Direct, Target, Tesco, Tesco International, Tom Tailor, Vf Asia Ltd., Walmart Services Ltd.\Crossline, Eco Sourcing Limited, Edcon (Pty) Limited, Ids Group, Indesore Trading, Indochine International, Krayons Sourcing Limited, Kwun Tong Apparels Ltd., Mark Designers Ltd., Nafisa Int’l Trading (BD) Ltd., Ovs Spa Con Socio Unico, Perry Ellis International, Poeticgem International Ltd, Puls Trading Far East Limited, Redpoint Jackets Limited, Sams Attire Ltd, Shelsham Trading Co. Ltd, Synergies Sourcing Bangladesh Limited, Tesco International Sourcing, Tex Alliance, Tex Styles BD Ltd, Tex Tech Co. Ltd., The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Ltd, The TMS Group, Yariqa Fashion, ZXY INTERNATIONA , Chantik Gapmentg Ltd., Dawngroup of Companies, Dekko Group, Design & Source Ltd., Dird Group, Elegant, Epyllion Group, Genesis Washhig Ltd., Jmc Jeans, Km Group, M&J Group, Mayc’s Garments Ltd., MBM Group, Mohammadi Group, Nassa Group, Palmal Group, Panwin Group, Passion Jeans Ltd, Regency Garment Limited, Renaissance Group, Renaissance Sourcing Ltd., Standard Group., Sterling Style Ltd., Tusuka, Unique, Vertex Group, Vogue Tex (Pvt) Ltd,, Windy Group
The show had great response which enthused our exhibitors and made them give eloquent reviews for the show. The video below gives comments from some of the exhibitors who participated from far and wide.
Denimsandjeans is not limited to being a trade show but is a denim event where a number of activities take place and bring together the global denim fraternity where they can share their views , ideas , new technologies , business propositions etc. and enable a closer bonding among them. The 5th show was no exception and a number of events took place including seminars, live video conferences, student competitions etc.
Global Denim Trends For AW’17- US/Europe/ Asia
Live Video Conference by Leopoldo Durante – Italy
For the first time in any such show , Denimsandjeans organized a direct live video presentation by the Denim Connoiseur– Leopoldo Durante from Italy. Leopoldo is a denim veteran whose over 25 years experience in denim with some of the most respected brands in the industry including Evisu, Versace Jeans, Martelli, Levi’s , Vf, D&G , Cavalli , Mustang and a host of other important names . He is also the Creative Director of his own eco friendly brand – Care Label . Leopoldo gave some insights into the latest trends for AW’17 for denim and how there was a large difference in the denim created in US, Europe and Asia. He also explained how these differences would gradually be reduced to bring out more natural and authentic denim over the next 2 years. Pl click here for his full presentation
Hi-Fashion Washes for AW’17
Live Video Presentation by Vasco Pizarro from Pizarro Laundries, Portugal
Another first where a live video presentation directly from the showroom of Pizarro laundries enabled the visitors at our show to be directly view the latest washes and wash trends in denim . Vasco displayed a large collection of Hi Fashion washes, which their company is undertaking for AW17 . He brought out some intricate washings on jeans including distressing on multiple patchworks, multiple dyeing , intricate color spotting on jeans and distressing. One of the highlights of his presentation was sublimation printing on various denim and even non denim products including wool . One amazing wash which he showed was a complete change in wash look in the front and back panels of the jeans without having washed them separately !
Denim For Z Generation
A Presentation by Zafer Bozdag, Turkey
High Elastic Denim and beyond ,Constructions and Finishings in Superstretch denims
Discussion on problems and solutions
Zafer Bozdag, the reputed denim consultant from Turkey, once again brought out interesting an aspect of denims currently used by the young generation – the super stretches. He explained how the super stretches are being used by the in-brands and the problems faced by producers in using these fabrics . He explained with the help of a big collection of jeans (which the audience was happy to go through) , how the varying degree of stretches used can affect the garment and can cause great style or create problems. (detailed info on the same will be there in another post )
Practical Approaches To Sustainable Denim Production
A panel discussion organized by GIZ – PSES and moderated by Rodney Reed
There was a great panel discussion organized by the GIZ which brought out some of the practical things that the companies in the supply chain were doing to create sustainable denim production. Panelists from reputed companies including H&M, Archroma, GIZ PSES, Zaber Zubair and Envoy Textiles shared their experiences and practical approaches to sustainability that they have been following in their companies .
Taking forward from our last show, we organized for the second time a competition among the students of Fashion Universities of Bangladesh to bring out cool designs with the theme ‘ Hi-Fashion Denim ‘ . The students brought out some outstanding designs which made it very difficult for us to select the best ones ! In fact the task to select 15 best to go for voting by visitors at our show was very tough . Besides , for the first time, we brought these collections on the runway during our FASHIONIM event on 2nd March. The designs very much appreciated by international audience at the show.
The students were guided by Ms Anna Troupe – a social and a teacher . They were also helped by , Mr Tanvir, Mr Arief Labu , Mr Jamil, Mr Rubaiyat and of course our own teams in Bangladesh and India .
The best 15 designs were put to vote and visitors and exhibitors to the show voted on same . In the collage below can be seen the sketches initially prepared by the students and later converted into fabulous garments.
Shovon Majumder, SMUCT (middle) secured 1st position, Fatema Zohoro, SMUCT (right) secured 2nd position, Shamim Ara Nasrin, NIFT (left)secured 3rd position at 2nd Bangladesh Fashion Students’ Denim Design Contest. Besides the award from our show, the three winners received a sponsored cash prize by Vicunha Textil, Brazil . They also gave the wonderful denim glasses (made from their fabric) to the first prize winner and the main guide .
FASHIONIM – The Runway Show
Bringing out the FASHIONIM for the third time, we had exclusive collections from two of our exhibitors and great companies – VICUNHA , Brazil and ENVOY TEXTILES – Bangladesh . Their beautiful SS’17 collections set the stage of fire !
VICUNHA
ENVOY
STUDENTS’ GARMENTS
The highlight of the FASHIONIM event was the designs created by the students. These designs, catering to the Haute Couture , were amazing and brought out the
Adding to the list of FIRSTS at our Denimsandjeans.com Bangladesh show was the LIVE VIDEO presentation by Leopoldo Durante from Italy . Leopoldo, a veteran in denim industry who has worked with some of the most respected brands in the industry including Evisu, Versace, D&G, Martelli, Miss Sixty and a host of other names in his 25 years of career, agreed to present his vision for denims in AW17 directly from his office in Italy to our visitors and audience in Dhaka through a skype presentation on 10 x 8 feet wide screen at our show. It was an experiment by us and as in all new experiments there is an element of fear of something unexpected to happen. However, the presentation went through like a cakewalk and Leopoldo’s larger than life image on the screen , his booming Italian voice and his deep knowledge on denim impressed the audience very much. The presentation, which lasted over 30 minutes , enabled the audience to directly see what was Leopoldo’s vision of denim becoming in the Fall ‘17 .
We are giving here below the text of the presentation that he made along with some slides from his presentation. But the best part is to check out the video on this page where a part of his presentation is uploaded on YouTube here or just click on image below .
Actual text of Leopoldo’s Skype Presentation
I am a designer. I used to travel a lot around the world. I went to Los Angeles and New York, London, Berlin. I went to Tokyo. I live in Italy. We have three different continents with three different visions on indigo, denim and jeans. The US is a huge market. Europe is a great market. In Asia the denim market and production is concentrated in Japan. In the US brands are focused on celebrities denim. Europe is obsessed with designer denim. Asia is focused on vintage denim.
In the US the market is focused on women’s wear. They have women as ambassadors. The market is not focused on quality but on celebrities who wear denim. And they call it premium. But I feel it’s not true. It’s not premium in the sense we call it. It is called premium because it’s worn by the wealthy. I would not call it jeans, I would call it pants. And this is ironical because the American people invented denim. But what they do is sell super stretch for women at astronomical prices. And it is not even denim. It is just a pair of pants.
The situation in Europe is more focused on the design. It’s about designers and not about brands. There are French luxury brands and historic denim brands. Diesel is moving from pure denim to designer denim. I also have my own brand. Europeans add things like Swarovski. They do strong washing.
Asia is focused on vintage. Asia, Europe and the US have a different approach to the denim market. Asia is more focused on tradition, heavy fabrics, non stretch fabrics, classic looks. They use selvedge and rigid ones. This is particularly true of the Japanese market. In Europe they think of the value of the brand and value of the design. America is focused on beauty, super stretch.
In future denim and jeans will be back to their roots. Fabrics will be heavy and not super stretch. We will have real denim made on a shuttle loom, even selvedge. New technology will be applied on denim. Stretch will be on the warp and not the weft to guarantee comfort. The look will be of real jeans. I am talking of 13 or 14 ounce. Jeans will reflect a more mature concept of fashion. We are going back to a very nice time for our market.
We are pleased to announce the creation and beta launch of a new digital tool for the denim industry. Continuing our tradition of trying to add value to the industry through various online and offline tools, we are pleased to inform the BETA launch of the DE-BRANDS – the first Online Denim show worldwide.
Deep insight into the working of the industry enables one to comprehend complexities involved in the process of new fabric developments and their marketing to buyers. Companies develop many fabrics and the time taken thereafter in arranging them to be sent to right customers in desired number of washes and looks is not very short. It is often felt that it is not practical to do sampling of all new developed products to most of the customers – for the reason of time and costs involved . Often , a customer may not end up looking at a fabric which a mill developed and which he may have wanted , for the simple reason that the product was either not sent to him or the right washes or styles could not be sent due to physical limitations.
Often, we have seen that the mills have beautiful fabrics which are lying down deep in the heap of R&D department because the marketing department and the buyers are overwhelmed by many other latest developments and often they themselves lose track of all developments that the company has done before.
On the other hand , the buyers are looking for new and varied fabrics from mills around the world. However, given time, cost and physical limitations , it is not possible to see all the products which would fall in their realm of acceptability. Also it is not possible for the buyers to explore too many suppliers at one time. We aim to provide solutions to some of the predicament which both buyers and suppliers face.
We think it could be interesting for a sourcing manager from a retailer if he/she is able to browse through denim products of 5 or more denim mills in over an hour and make a shortlist of the products that interest him/her so that in the upcoming meetings those products could be focused on.
It might also be interesting for the buyers to see all major specs of a particular product and also to see its different washed looks and styles !
This ‘ DE-BRANDS’ has been developed over a long period of time keeping in mind the considerations and concerns of the people working in the industry specially the mills and buyers of fabrics. The features of this show are listed below :
What Exhibitors / Mills Can Expect ?
a) Detailed Digital Showroom : The mills can create a digital showroom for their company . Each product can be displayed in a number of ways e.g. in pure fabric form , different washed looks , different styles e.g. jeans/jackets etc. . So each product can be displayed in 1-5 or more different ways. This enables a buyer to have a very good idea about that product .
b)Categorization of products : Strictly denim specific categorization of products helps the buyers to understand products under one category. The exhibitors can create their own categories for products besides using the standard ones that we provide ..
c)Close Physical View: If the photographs are taken as per our guidance, then we can surely say that the buyers would get the intricate looks of the fabrics/garments due to the software used by us. The product will be visible as it may be at different physical distances .
d) Buyers from around the world : The exhibitors can look forward to their products being visited and appreciated by buyers from around the world as there are no physical limitations ! .
e) Privacy concerns : Suppliers do have their genuine privacy concerns as they would not like their products to be visible to all . We have taken adequate care of these concerns ensuring that the suppliers can limit the view of ALL or SOME of their products and thus create a Private Showroom besides some public products . At another level, they will also be able to chose which of the registered buyers would be able to visit their showrooms . Hence it would be totally under the control of the exhibitors to define who sees their products. They can decide which is a PUBLIC and which is PRIVATE product.
f) Pre whetted buyers : We have kept two stages of checking and filtration to ensure only the really genuine buyers/agents/sourcing guys etc. can enter our show and only those whom the company wants to show its products to. This show is ONLY FOR GENUINE DENIM PEOPLE. .
f) Communication on each product : If the buyer and exhibitor want, they can initiate communication on our site related to Each Single Product. They can , of course, continue this communication off our site too.
g) Site Reports and Data : The exhibitors would come to know which of their products are more popular with registered buyers and who is visiting them more and liking them and also check out their comments. This would help them to get speedy feedbacks on their products. Thus they can generate database on the kind of responses they are getting on different products and take their development accordingly.
h)Continuous Evolvement : The show shall receive feedbacks from the exhibitors and buyers and continuously develop new features to make the interaction as close to real as possible . Having our own development team gives us that strength to develop features in shorter time and with more flexibility.
j) Homepage: We shall provide options for the exhibitors to create a homepage for themselves. This would ensure visitors to know more about the strengths of the company – their infrastructure, management, capacities and much more.
g) Buyers updated with new products : Registered buyers will be regularly updated with the new products uploaded by the exhibitors. This will ensure regular updates to buyers in a non-intrusive way.
h) Company News : Companies shall be able to upload their latest company news on the site and the same will be visible on the site and shall also be sent in weekly newsletters to the registered buyers helping them to know about latest developments done by different companies.
What Buyers/Visitors Can Expect?
a) A collection of fabrics different mills : It would be interesting for the visiting buyers to check out the products showcased by reputed mills from around the world. The buyers can easily register FREE on our site very shortly. It is imperative that those registering on our site as buyers should be genuine professionals involved in denim buying activity and belong to reputed denim brands/ retailers/ trading housesetc. They could be designers, sourcing guys, buyers, account managers ,agents etc. We shall individually verify each registrant to ensure that we are getting genuine professionals in. While this may cause a little inconvenience , it will make the further process of visiting showrooms and interacting with exhibitors seamless.
b) Regular updates on new products added : Directly into their inbox. ! Just need to check the interesting product and contact the supplier.
c) Add own requirements : Buyers will also be able to post their requirements for new products online . They can also post pics showing the kind of products they need with details. This will enable the suppliers to revert to them with their offerings.
d) Filtered Search : Looking for a knit denim in 10oz in sulphur black , 2×1 from a particular country Turkey or Indian or Pakistani mill ? In short time , once the exhibitor showrooms are set, you will be able to do the same. Filtered search will enable to zero in on the product required.
e) Save time ! : Scanning through a number of collections as soon as they are uploaded will enable the buyers to have a decent idea of the products and help in save time sampling and interacting with the suppliers.
The whole Idea behind the DE-BRANDS online show is to address the issue of shortage of TIME and MONEY and help in quicker decision making. The platform is not a replacement of offline and personal business interactions but a tool to add value to them . Its very difficult to replace the understanding from the touch of holding a fabric/garment in hands and to feel its texture , stretch ability or compactness. However, the process of reaching that stage can surely be expedited through DE-BRANDS with minimum cost ! Imagine checking out collection of suppliers before they visit or you visit them . It would definitely give a very decent headway for decision making.
We are making the BETA launch of this platform . We shall be invitingfew selected mills to set up their showrooms on the site with their product ranges and other details. The buyer registrations are not yet open and shall be open soon when they can register on the site and look at different collections. The show shall initially have denim mills as exhibitors and in due course we shall also create facilities for suppliers of other sportswear fabrics and then apparel to be a part of this show enabling the buyers to source complete package from fabrics to apparel from DE-BRANDS !
The show shall be continuously updated with new features keeping in view requirements of the buyers and suppliers and we hope that this initiative will help in adding value to the business in our industry !
Sample Links
A few sample links to understand different facilities at DE-BRANDS !
Today the denim is one of the world’s most beloved and frequently worn fabrics. It is speculated that on any given day, more than half the world’s population is wearing jeans. Taking into account all these facts ,December 2015 will witness the debut of Denim with an idea of Fashion’s Frontier . The idea of Fashion’s Frontier came from Emma McClendon , the assistant curator of costume at the Museum at FIT NY and the organizer of the exhibition . Denim which has been dominating the wardrobe leading to make it as the prime locus of the Museum at FTI’s latest exhibition.
“Denim: Fashion’s Frontier” not only examines the 175 year history of denim as well as the exhibition features more than 70 objects from the museum’s permanent collection which have never been showcased yet. Newly acquired pieces from designers like Sacai,Chloe and Dries Van Noten along with the various workwear pieces dating back to 1840s as well as more recent high fashion items will be showcased in this exhibit. In addition to the history of jeans, Denim examines a variety of denim garments—from work wear to haute couture—in order to shed new light on how a particular style of woven cotton has come to dominate the clothing industry and the way people dress around the globe.
The exhibition also takes a look at the 1960s hippies’ use of denim — embroidered and patched denim, bellbottom jeans — as well as the advent of “designer” jeans as examplified by Calvin Klein Jeans and their controversial commercials back in the 1980s.
Denim: Fashion’s Frontier” will run through May 7, 2016.
About
The Museum at FIT, accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, is one of a select group of specialized fashion museums, including the Muse de la Mode, the Mode Museum, and the Museo de la Moda. For the 100,000 people who visit The Museum at FIT each year works to create exhibitions, programs, and publications that are both entertaining and educational. The mission of the Museum is to advance knowledge of fashion through exhibitions, programs and publications. Founded in 1969, the Museum was installed in the current building in 1974, and exhibitions began to be presented in 1975. There are three galleries in the museum. The lower level gallery is devoted to special exhibitions, such as the recent Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions of the 1930s and Dance and Fashion. The Fashion and Textile History Gallery, on the main floor, which provides on-going historical context, presents a rotating selection of approximately 200 historically and artistically significant objects from the museums permanent collection. Every six months, the exhibition in the gallery is completely changed, although it always covers 250 years of fashion history.
Address:
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Seventh Avenue at 27 Street
New York City 10001-5992
All these developments lend credence to the idea of denim quickly capturing space as a  FASHION CLOTHING. And this prompts us to chose DENIM IN-FASHION as the theme for our next show on March 2nd and 3rd, 2016. Look out for the fashion denims at our next show !
Bhaskar Denim (India) was one of the sponsors at our FASHIIONIM event at our Denimsandjeans show at Dhaka. They displayed some of their latest products on the ramp including dobby weaves, fine count fabrics,greys and blacks, prints and jersey fabrics this is what they have to say about their participation and collection.
“ We as Bhaskar Denims were there in Denimsandjeans Show in Bangladesh to highlight once again that we are the “NeoMaster†of Denim. We are targeting to play a key role in this playground. Future conjectures lead us to these 4 main concepts for this season driven by the new-trend living styles , consumer needs & expectations. These concepts are; Innovate , Invigorate , Illuminate and Initiate.
Innovate is the new innovative fabrications by intermingling technology with more traditional forms of artistry. The concept where craft & innovation intersect and fuses the distant past with the far future to create a world where fantasy becomes reality. One of a kind products and slow processes built with character and authenticity.
Invigorate is a new developing group for those who are free minded. It has become necessary to cater to the global and social reality of an independent minded populous. They can go anywhere & in any direction. Single living style, single journeys and unfollowable. Brave and responsible. Good for active life, comfy and energetic. fresh, adventurer, functional and technological.
Illuminate is a passionate story about the salvation of all things that makes us human. Something about earth, something about humanity and also about sustainability. It’s respect to all… Exploring the power of simplicity.Trying to heal the World and its all living creatures. Emotion , instinct and intuition & better World for next generations. Otherwise mechanized & computerized society is coming to an empty World.
Initiate is a concept of luxury just for ourselves. Life is too short and we are very precious so we are deserving. We need to reward ourselves. Something different than ordinary. Enjoy your limited time with high quality for unforgettable memories. For better understanding of all concepts ,you have to touch and feel the difference of high quality fabrics from Bhaskar Denim.â€
Munich Fabric start happened in September and we are over a month delayed in bringing out a report on the same. However I believe that its always better to be late than never. Hope the readers will forgive the delay !
Here is a synopsis from the show.
Emerging trends
Green Casts
Darker Indigos still strong
Stretches getting more and more elastic and great focus on recoveries.
Knit denims still strong. But maybe a couple of seasons down the line may slow down.
Companies playing around with a mix of multiple fibers to get unique hand feels
Double , triple indigo dyeings and coatings
We were able to cover a few companies and here are the details from them (in alphabetical order of company name)
Advance Denim – China
Selvedge Denim
Green Denims – organic cotton, recycled denim , recycled polyster etc.
Functional denims – Theromolite, Coolmax, Tough Max and Cordura
Power stretches : 50-80%
Calik – Turkey
Super stretches for men – with authentic rigid weaves but stretchability going upto 80%
Oxygene – quick wash eco friendly denims. Washing time goes down from 60 minutes to 15 minutes
Futured –
Wool denims
Candiani – Italy
Athletic Denims with natural ring effect
Stripey effects with yarn
Old 501 salt and pepper effects with tencel
Swenim : short for sweet denims for women with melange wefts and super soft feminine effects . Using fine count yarns.
Selvedge denims with stretch
Diamond Denim – Pakistan
Double counts in warp with supima cotton for that extra sheen
Pseudo dobby weaves to give twill effects in warp
Lyocell denim with ring spun polyester
ITV – Italy
Emboss prints
Super soft denims in 100% cotton with special spun yarns and finishing processes.
Focus on heavier weights in 100% cotton
Specially dyed fabrics which enables indigo removal without chemical . Paolo. This is to comply with European regulations for all laundries to stop using chlorine and permaganate by 2020
Reverse prints
Kassim – Pakistan
Lot of Jacquards – with indigo dyed warps and wefts
Rope dyeing fine counts upto 60s for light weight shirtings
Upto 90% stretch with less than 4% growth
Bromo Indigo coated
French Linen+Tencel +Indigo coatings
KG Denim – India
Focusing on Satin Stretch
Sulphur Greys
Black turned greys
Dual core fabric for men’s for softness and recovery
Reverse printings
M & J – Bangladesh
Focus on eco washes
Jeans washed with 0.7 litres of water at room temperature and in 10 minutes.
Almost zero chemicals used for much of their collection
Ozone also used for only about 5 minutes in conjunction with new technology so that the look is authentic .
Naveena Denim – Pakistan
Using softest fibers to the strongest fibers.
Using heather yarn in the warp – helps in avoiding dyeing and enables warp any color of pantone . Part of their sustainable initiative.
Miyabi fibers by Mitsubishi – acrylic based fiber – for the very soft hand feel.
Performance fabrics with Coolmax, Thermolite, Toughmax etc.
Toughest fiber used Dyneema – for the bikers in 14oz and other weights.
Fashionim – the fashion show in denim – gains further traction and attraction at the fourth Denimsandjeans.com Bangladesh show. In its second avatar, the FASHIONIM further evolved and was sponsored by three companies – Vicunha , Enovy and Bhaskar. We bring in this article, the denim wear collection displayed by Vicunha .
Vicunha showed a visual feast of creative and innovative men’s and ladies denim wear. Here is what the Vicunha creative team had to say about their collection.
“To reflect the Playground theme the collection encompassed the spirit of the Athleisure trend by showing products with both attitude and comfort. Garments provided maximum impact as they showcased washes from Martelli and Comask in key shapes blurring the lines between active and casualwear.At the pinnacle of the collection were fabrics from the’ Athletic range’, a range of fabrics which perfectly addresses the crossover between sportswear and leisure. The fabrics remain denim on the outside but feel like a jog pant on the inside. This gives the wearer total freedom of movement whilst providing all the character and wash effects achievable on denim. New technological advancements featured strongly, these were showcased in many of the ‘perfect fit’ ladies jeans, offering high performance and advanced technology with an ‘ultra soft’ touch.Both Essential and premium denims featured across both men’s and ladies wear showing the flexibility of many of the articles and the trend of comfort and ease of movement into menswear.Authentic articles washed in new and innovative ways, recycled and reinvented tradition and heritage into something new, desirable and tangible. Loved, worn and mended styles epitomized this look and encompassed the ethos of this trend. All of the articles shown were made from BCI cotton, and with a stockholding service to support the Asian market, Vicunha stand strong to service this part of the world. Vicunha have spent the last 10 years building a solid foundation of sustainability credentials and support to social causes it is therefore with respect that we can proudly say Vicunha = creativity with a conscience.â€
And now for some very interesting ramp looks from the Vicunha collection.
Denimsandjeans.com Bangladesh show concluded successfully on the 8th of October at Dhaka. This was the fourth edition of the show and the show had a greater response compared to the last 3 shows.
With the theme being Denim Playground, the focus was on denim as a sportswear and increasingly targeting to become an activewear product. The whole show was designed to reflect a play area . The trend zone was reflecting a stadium with a football field in front and a race track around it. In fact the presence of a race track in the whole exhibition area added a touch of sportsmanship to the whole show and many attendees just took to it literally !
Our first note of thanks goes to our esteemed exhibitors who with their continuous and relentless support helped us to take this show forward. We remain very grateful to them for their support. Here is again the list of our exhibitors with links to their profile pages (link on their names).
The visitors, many of whom travel from far and wide to visit us , make our show special and deserve our special regards. Over 1700 visitors from Bangladesh and around the world visited the show including from companies like G-Star, C&A , Celio, Carrefour, Uniqlo, Camieu, GAP, Gloria Jeans, H&M, Jade, Kiabi, Levi’s, Li and Fung, M&S, Otto, Ostin, Tesco, Tom Tailor, LC Wkaiki, ANJ, Lindex, Itochu , PVH, Asmara , Next, El Corte Ingles , VF and many other international retailers and buyers. Besides, most of the important apparel groups from Bangladesh were present at the show including Ananta, Armana, Arrival, Aptech, Babylon, Comtextile, Doreen,Opex, Palmal, Al Muslim, Fashion Forum,Dekko, Ha-meem, Islam garments, Jamuna, Misami, Standard Group , Tusuka, Tex Design, TNZ, Windy, Azim group, Mark Designers, Synergies and many others were present.
Bangladesh Fashion Students’ Contest
For the first time, the students of Bangladesh Fashion Universities were involved in a contest related to denim products for an international audience. The students of 3 universities BUFT, SMUCT and NIFT participated in the contest organized at our show to bring out some innovative designs in denim created by local designer students. Here, it would be pertinent to mention that the students had less than a month to prepare for the contest and they worked overtime to bring out some innovative designs . The best designs were selected after an extensive voting by all the visitors and exhibitors. The designs which got the highest votes were awarded the first three places at the contest. A special thanks to Envoy Group for their generous fabric contribution, as well as Arief Labu for his help with materials and hands-on design guidance. Thanks also to local professionals, Tanveer Mehedy, Afsana Ferdous Wormsey, Rajee Monjur, Kaartik Sazid, and Shuvo Monju for sharing their time and expertise with more than 100 students. A final note of thanks to Rafique Siddiqui of SMUCT and Golab Rabbani of NIFT for facilitating workshops at their campuses. This competition was organized and guided by Anna Troupe, a sustainable design lecturer and social entrepreneur based in Dhaka.
1st Place: Mahmuda Aktar
2nd Place : Shovon Majumder
3rd Place :Â Farzana Rahman
Seminars and Presentations
Informative seminars and presentations added to the value of the show. The panel discussion Profitable environmentally sustainable denim washing arranged by our technical partners GIZ brought out some interesting presentations by the panelists and led to some interesting questions and answers. The panelists included Christian Schimper ‘Acticell’, Günther Knödler, Manager Agencies, CHT R. BEITLICH Fabio Forti, Marketing Manager, Garmon ,Dr Abbas Uddin, Principal Textile Engineer, Reed Consulting Bd Ltd and the discussion was moderated by Rodney Reed Team Leader – Environment Promotion of Social and Environmental Standards in the Industry (PSES). Our sincere thanks go to the GIZ team for arranging a very informative and engaging discussion .
Christian Schimpher from Acticell made a presentation on the topic ‘Bridging research in cellulose chemistry for denim applications’ which was well received by the denim enthusiasts.
Zafer Bozdag from Turkey shared a number of new denim concepts used by denim majors around the world through his collection of latest denim looks in his presentation ‘Re-Definition of Denim’. Our thanks go to both Christian and Zafer for travelling all the way to make the presentations.
Sandeep Agarwal from Denimsandjeans.com gave glimpses of the DE- BRANDS : FIRST GLOBAL ONLINE DENIM SHOW to be launched by the site. The online tool aims to bring suppliers and buyers of denim together at one place . The show has finally been launched in beta version this week.
And of course , we cannot forget our sizzling Fashionim event which was attended and appreciated by over 400 invitees. We thank the sponsor companies Envoy Group (Bangladesh), Vicunha (Brazil) and Bhaskar (India) for the same.
We would like to share thousands of photographs from the show . We will do it at our BDshow site. Here we just share a few snippet images . Hope you like them !
