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Slideshow: The Scene at Kingpins Show New York
Kingpins Show was back in New York for the first time in over two years from July 20-21. The denim community traveled from around the globe to the Big Apple to mingle, browse, learn and be inspired...
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AGI Denim Launches Art Show Around Indigo
Pakistan-based mill AGI Denim’s art gallery arm is celebrating the color indigo through an exhibition that puts a blue-tinted lens on global cities. “Exquisite Blue Towers” at AGI’s gallery@ space in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood will showcase work by artists Holly E. Brown, Juan Manuel Gomez and Mauricio Arroyave. All of the pieces use towers to visually connect New York, Biella, Italy and Medellín, Colombia — cities with personal meaning…
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Hong Kong Design Institute Connects Students with the Denim Industry
Hong Kong Design Institute is bringing denim culture and education to the next generation. The school is hosting a year-long weekly event, dubbed Denim Fridays. This series kicked off June 22 and will run through March 23, 2023. Activations will range from talks, exhibitions and photo competitions to workshops, dancing and busking. Helping to bring these activities to life are industry partners, such as Advance Denim, Crystal Group, Fashionary and more…
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Blue Cast: Jeanologia’s Enrique Silla on the Family Business & Fashion’s ‘Biggest Lie’
Enrique Silla has lived a life filled with denim. He came from a textile family, and has early memories of the scent of cotton and indigo on looms. Family also played a key role in establishing his business Jeanologia, which he co-founded with his late uncle Jose “Pepe” Vidal Royo in the 1990s. A particular passion for him is laundry, such as washing and finishing…
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How Panther Denim Leverages TENCEL™’s ‘Unlimited Possibilities’
There are some standard qualities of denim that don’t change, but the material is always ripe for reinvention. By using different inputs and blends, denim mills can bring new attributes to the traditional textile. Hong Kong-based mill Panther Textiles and its subsidiary Tat Fung Textile have been working with TENCEL™ branded fibers for a long time, and the fibers have helped the manufacturer innovate its fabric collections. Tim Huesemann, sales director at Tat Fung Textile and Panther Textiles, chatted with Carved in Blue about the mill’s use of the latest TENCEL™ technologies.