Denim Special Edition
Visit Carved in Blue, a blog produced and curated by the denim team at Lenzing.
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TAYPA: from Social Sustainability to Industry 4.0 Application
Cenker Akdemir is the design and product development director at Taypa, a Turkish supply organization that puts sustainability at the heart of its operations. Just about anyone with a love for denim is familiar with Taypa’s reach—the company’s customer roster has included denim all-stars like Levi’s, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and Zara. Akdemir believes strongly in Turkey’s potential to become a hub for cutting-edge tech and environmental action in the garment industry.
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Candiani Makes Sustainable Denim First-Rate and Fun
Leave it to one of Italy’s most premium denim suppliers to create a premium way to present its most sustainable fabric. Taking to video, Candiani tells us the story of Re-Gen, its innovative 80th Anniversary fabric, using characters, a unicorn and clear insight on what makes its fabric special. From the fibers, Candiani makes its fabric with 50 percent TENCEL™ Lyocell with REFIBRA™ technology, and 50 percent recycled cotton.
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Lenzing to Showcase Planet Rehab Collection at Kingpins Amsterdam
When the United Nations set global Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) in 2015, Lenzing’s Denim Team immediately set to work determining how those goals would apply to TENCEL™ and TENCEL™ x REFIBRA™ Lyocell fibers. Stepping up to the plate to expand the sustainable outcomes of using TENCEL™ lyocell fibers in apparel, the Lenzing denim team created a toolset introduced at Kingpins Amsterdam April 10-11.
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The Facts about Future Black Denim
It is not a myth that black jeans can stay black even after washing, it is a commercial reality.
Lasting color
LENZING™ Modal Black is spun-dyed which means that colored pigments are incorporated into the spinning mass solution prior to the fiber extrusion process. Being embedded in the structure, the entire body of the fiber is colored instead of only the surface as in conventional dyeing
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Women’s History Month: Q&A With Tricia Carey of Lenzing
Rivet is celebrating Women’s History Month with a series of Q&As with female leaders in the denim industry. Tricia Carey, director of global business development for denim at Lenzing Fibers, turned two passions—denim and sustainability—into a career that has taken her all over the world.