The Blue Jean Blues

The Blue Jean Blues (aka)

NY Denim Days Festival '17

My best friend,"Blue Jeans", is having a party! I saw the invitiation in yesterday's WWD and on such short notice,I can't go 😞. So I thought I would bring NY's first ever denim fest to my pages for all loyal friends of " Blue Jeans" to enjoy! And since my blog theme is to find the most innovative technology in textiles I will share my favorite unique denim!

Three years ago "Denim Days" festivals began in Europe and originating in Amsterdam. NYers are pretty excited to start their own festival! Check out this video from Amsterdam's Denim Days 2017 Festival https://vimeo.com/214641999

For any one that is going:

"The first-annual New York Denim Days Festival will take place on September 30th – October 1st. This indigo-soaked two-day shopping event at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea will include interactive displays, indigo dyeing workshops, new denim designers as well as established brands, and denim mills alongside in-store events, a vintage denim market, parties and DJ’s– all geared to give consumers access to their denim heroes and heritage brands.

A one-day street bazaar will take place outside the Metropolitan Pavilion on October 1 and will include food, live entertainment, games, art, selfie stations, and more! This festival is for denim heads, fashionistas, foodies, families, tourists, teens, tweens, and of course, all New Yorkers who are true-blue denim lovers."

Event Date & Time

Saturday 30 September 2017: 11.00 am - 6.00 pm

Sunday 1 October 2017: 11.00 am - 5.00 pm

I love my jeans, I have worn them since I can remember. I purchased my first pair at the local Army & Navy store on Rockaway Blvd.in Ozone Park,Queens,NY Renee (my mom) told me I was too skinny for girls pants and I needed the narrow hipped boys sizing. I can't believe that upset me at the time.I purchased the coolest patchpocket jeans ...and now I am forever searching for the same fadedblues with large red square pockets in the front and back.

Innovative denim producers

The worlds #1 producer of quality denim

ISKO http://www.isko.com.tr/about/

Jeather video

SUSTAINABILITY IS INHERENT IN ISKO™ DNA.

Save water, wear ISKO™.

PRODUCT INNOVATION

ISKO Reform™ Stretch Technology.

With outstanding fabric recovery, jeans retain shape wear after wear. This technology means female consumers wash their jeans less, thus saving on water. According to a leading denim brand’s lifecycle analysis of a jean, 23% of the water consumption throughout the life of a jean happens during consumer care. ISKO Reform™ technology eliminates the need to frequently wash the jeans for shape retention reducing water and chemical detergant consumption during home laundry

Next up is ISKO™’s patented concept ISKO POP™. This glamorous fabric technology combines one-of-a-kind shine with a unique silken softness that begins within the yarn and stays with the ga.rment. This yarn process means garment makers can do without chemical softeners during production and so reduces chemical consumption.

ISKO™’s, brand new concept, ISKO Cottonized™, is entirely made without the use of any cotton. Considered by many as the future for environmental sustainability, ISKO Cottonized™ employs regenerated cellulosic fibers such as Tencel® and Rayon to produce “cotton-less” denim fabric with an appearance, drape, and wash-down unlike any other denim. The best part: it looks like vintage denim.ve water, wear ISKO™.

Uniqlo
In Los Angeles, the global hub for information on jeans,
jeans specialists are brought together to research and develop the highest quality jeans using state-of-the-art facilities.
The Jeans Innovation Center was founded in the fall of 2016.
The UNIQLO jeans revolution begins here.

Archroma http://www.bpt.archroma.com/markets/casual-business-wear/denim/

ADVANCED DENIM – DYEING MADE EASIER, SHORTER, AND MORE ECO-FRIENDLY

"Traditionally, the production of denim has involved huge quantities of water, with all the attendant problems of cleaning or disposing of the significant amount of wastewater. This, however, is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, thanks to Archroma’s Advanced Denim.

With this revolutionary technology, Archroma has developed a more ecologically positive dyeing method. Instead of indigo, the Denim-Ox and Pad/Sizing-Ox processes use a new eco-friendlier generation of concentrated sulfur dyes, Diresul® RDT. Usually, in dyeing with indigo, a tremendous amount of water is used in washing off.With the first Advanced Denim process though – the Denim-Ox – water consumption for washing off is significantly reduced, so the wastewater generated is much less than in the conventional process. The Pad/Sizing-Ox process is one step forward in this line as there is no water consumption for rinsing. A further advantage is that there are no effluents. This ready-to-use Archroma solution towards zero discharge is already available to retailers and brands from many accredited mills around the world today."

Calik Denim

Reflect AC Denim

Fabrics with heat management feature thanks to specific fibers
Articles developed with Thermolite® Infrared technology
Fabrics with Thermolite® Infrared technology offer higher surface temperature when exposed to sunlight or infrared light. Thus, end-users feel warmer and more comfortable during cold seasons

Warm Up

Articles that create feeling of warmness and cosiness
Evident twill lines
Fabrics with innovative yarns
Articles with melange weft or warp

Contemporary interpretation of real denim story
Perfect alternatives especially men’s collections
Articles coloured by the application of different finishing techniques
Offers colour deepness and clean look without laundering whilst vintage and authentic look occurs at the deeper laundry levels

Better World

Concept of sustainable or skin friendly products
Contribution to the protection of our planet has been aimed by utilizing recycled fibers.
Articles with recycled cotton and recycled polyester
Fabrics with Emana® fiber offer decrease in cellulite appearence or orange peel, enhancement for skin firmness and elasticity, collagen synthesis and increase of skin microcirculation.