Karachi-based Artistic Milliners acquires LA denim factory
Karachi-headquartered denim fabric and garments manufacturer Artistic Milliners has acquired a denim factory in Commerce, California, with plans to invest in the facility to grow it into a state-of-the-art design and production hub based on Supply Chain 4.0 principles. The new factory expands the company’s global footprint and accelerates its...
Cordura, Artistic Milliners, & Dovetail make new workpants
Cordura brand and Artistic Milliners have collaborated in the evolution of a new choice of work pants from US women’s workwear specialist, Dovetail. This marks the debut of the Noir No Fade Black Cordura denim, part of the Artistic Milliners Supercharged Cordura Denim collection. Cordura fabric used in many leading...
M&S clothing sets new sustainability standards for denim
M&S has started switching all denim to more sustainable indigo dyes including nearly 50 percent of the new range, which also uses 86 percent less water compared to the industry average for denim finishing, and 100 percent responsibly sourced cotton. M&S has brought the new sustainability features to life in...
Different Types of Dry Process for Denim Wash
Introduction The distressed jeans that we see around everywhere undergo a wide variety of wet as well as dry treatments to get the desired effects. Destroying denims is as much an art as it is a technique. The direction in fashion is varied across all areas particularly in denim dry...
Levi’s Automates Finishing Process, Saving Time and Cutting Chemical
Levi Strauss & Co. is piloting a new operating model that replaces labor-intensive manual finishing techniques with an automated digital laser-based system. Called Project Future-Led Execution or Project FLX, Levi’s model shortens the time to market, and cuts chemicals from the finishing process. Project FLX was developed in house by...
Italian fabric company PG Denim launches The DOCG Collection
PG Denim has announced that Paolo Gnutti, CEO of PG Denim, has created the new DOCG (Denomination of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin) Collection. The company has a fully integrated supply chain focused on garments for medium-high range productions. PG Denim designs fabrics dedicated to unforgettable and unique concepts for the...
Mango’s new denim collection to save 30 mn litres of water
Mango, a Spain-based fashion group with a presence in 110 countries, is moving forward in its commitment to achieving a more responsible fashion industry and is launching a denim collection for this season whose finishing process will save 30 million litres of water, thanks to innovative and more sustainable processes,...
Organic clothing brands carving a niche in India
Indigreen, a venture started by fashion and lifestyle journalist Nidhi Singh and industrialist Gaurav G displays 100 per cent eco-friendly fabrics made from organic cotton, bamboo fabric and handwoven khadi using non toxic colours. Not only are they responsible towards the environment, the company follows ethical values and pays fair...
COVID-19 pandemic: Kingpins to debut online denim event
Kingpins show organisers will debut Kingpins24, a 2-day online denim conference to bring global denim industry together. Kingpins24 will feature live stream of exhibitor content as well as panels, interviews, casual conversations plus on-demand content from Kingpins’ industry partners & friends. It will go live on April 22 and wrap...