The document provides updates on the denim industry from across the globe. It discusses H&M creating a new denim collection from old clothes, how denim is becoming a big export industry in Bangladesh, and improved performance being brought to cellulosic denim fabrics through a collaboration between INVISTA and Lenzing. It also summarizes the Kingpins New York Spring/Summer 2015 denim trade show, noting the international exhibitors and trends covered.

1. Latest Denim News & Updates from Across the Globe
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29 January 2014
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H and M creates
new denim
collection from
old clothes
Denim: the next
big export out
of Bangladesh
Improved
Performance
to Cellulosic
Denim Fabrics
From The Denim Directory
Jupiter Comtex Pvt. Ltd., India
Events
Show Report
Kingpins, NY: SS 2015
Featured
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Apparel - Growth
DEAL JEANS
optimistic about
S/S business
The Autumn/Winter ’13 season proved to be
positive for Deal Jeans in terms of planning,
timely dispatches, clearance and brand
recognition. The company is now looking forward
to a positive Spring/Summer booking season.
Sameer Patel, Director, Deal Clothing explains
“We started our S/S-14 bookings in August and
have got a tremendous response. Our MRP is in
control despite rise in raw material costs.”
The company’s future plans include exploring
overseas markets and expanding presence of its
kids’wear range to large format stores.
“As far as slow economy is concerned, our
product range is targeted at women, for whom
fast or slow economy doesn’t matter as shopping
must go on,” avers Patel.
Having already witnessed a positive booking
season the company expects secondary sales
through large format stores to bring in good
results if stocks are delivered to the stores on
time. Sales through MBO's depends on their
own planning feels Patel.
The company started in the year 2000 offering
formal wear for women of 18–35 years, and
gradually shifted focus to designer denim.
As consumer demand grew the company
introduced denim for kids and with subsequent
increase in demand added tops for both women
and girls in 2008 to its product basket. The

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company has been growing stronger till then and
continuing to move forward.
The brand's USP has been designer denim and
casual chic tops, while excellent fits and
vivacious international style add to its perfection.
The brand offers a complete range in women’s
western clothing, including jeans, coloured
bottoms in ankle length and full length, capris,
pedal pushers, harem pants, skirts, tees, tops,
tunics, dresses, jump suits and jackets.
Retail expansion plans
Deal Jeans currently retails through over 1,000
MBOs across India and over 200 large formats
stores such as Central, Globus, Reliance
Trends, Lulu’s etc. additionaly the company has
its flagship store in Mumbai.
Elaborating on the retail plans, Patel says, “We
are looking at overseas market now. We also
have plans to take Deal Jeans kids wear to large
format stores and online portals. Our kids wear
category has already seen success in MBOs,
which has encouraged us to take it further.”
With a turnover of Rs 112 crores, the brand has
been witnessing an annual growth of 40-45
percent. It is also witnessing a rapid growth with
every portal it has a tie up with. “We do not have
our own portal, but are present with Myntra,
Jabong, Yebhi, Flipkart and Shoppers Stop
among others,” states Shah.
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collection
from old
clothes
H and M
creates
new denim
A year after launching its wide scale used clothing
collection program, the Swedish brand H & M has
unveiled five denim items made from the worn-out
clothes donated by customers. This new capsule
collection will go on sale in late February.
H&M upcycled cotton from used clothes into denim. In all
there are three pieces for men - two pairs of jeans and a
jacket, and a pair of jeans and a sleeveless vest for women,
and these will be available to the public from February.
Launched in February 2013, H&M's used clothing drive
provided the materials used to make these women's jeans
from the brand's new capsule collection.
“We are working increasingly with recycled materials, and as a
designer, it is very important to create pieces taking into
account the latest trends, but also technical developments in
this field. We are proud to offer environmentally friendly
products, in which our clients and we believe," said H&M
designer Jon Loman.
H&M collected 7.7 million pounds of used clothes till now,
through its clothing drive launched in February 2013. Around
180 H&M stores still offer to take in used garments so that they
can have a second life through recycling.
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Citizens of Humanity
founder Jerome Dahan
is not only a denim
producer, but he's an
avid collector too. He
has amassed 2500 to
3,000 pairs of vintage
jeans in the last decade
and the collection is still
growing. "My team and I
shop vintage a lot, at
least once a week," he
said.
Mr. Dahan has always
channeled that passion
for denim past into his
wares, via vintage
washes and details like
whiskering. Now he has
taken it a step further
w i t h C i t i z e n s o f
Humanity's new Premium Vintage collection, a
high-end, limited run of 20 styles replicating
jeans that some women trawl thrift shops to find.
The collection's jackets, shorts and jeans - with
relaxed fit and higher rise - channel Mr. Dahan's
favorite looks from the 1940s through the '90s.
The throwback styles have been produced using
modern fabrics and hand-finished in the brand's
Los Angeles factory, allowing for improvements
on the original designs.
As Dahan explained, classic jeans from the '80s
are slightly uncomfortable due to a combination
of a high waist and stiff fabric. The version in the
collection is easier to wear; it's made in a denim
with a hint of stretch and a cut that makes for a
slightly more forgiving fit.
Citizens' launch coincides with a resurgence of
vintage-look jeans on the runway, from
designers like Junya Watanabe and Louis
Vuitton. But Mr. Dahan cites another catwalk
moment as influence - the finale bows of Céline
designer Phoebe Philo, who often appears
wearing vintage jeans.
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Improved Performance to
Cellulosic Denim Fabrics
INVISTA and Lenzing, a leading producer of
man-made cellulosics such as rayon, modal, and
lyocell, have begun work together to bring
improved aesthetic performance to stretch
fabrics. By combining INVISTA’s patented
LYCRA® dualFX® fabric technology with
LENZING’sTENCEL® fiber,
Around a year back INVISTA began hearing
about the challenges its mill customers were
facing in developing stretch cellulosic fabrics.
The company initiated a study to identify the
underlying mechanisms of these issues and
determine how to improve them.
“Given the growing popularity of both LYCRA®
fiber and TENCEL® fiber in the denim market, it
was only natural that people wanted to combine
them to come up with really amazing fabrics,”
Hegedus said. “However, as mills began
experimenting they encountered issues such as
growth, fabrics not keeping their shape, and
fabric puckering due to seam slippage.”
INVISTA looked at its LYCRA® dualFX® fabric
technology, which combines two stretch fibers –
LYCRA® fiber and LYCRA® T400® fiber – into a
single yarn. The company ran trials pairing this
technology with blends of cotton and TENCEL®
fiber. The trials showed significant improvement
in fabric recovery and slippage to the point where
the fabric performance met or exceeded
INVISTA’s and the industry’s standards.
Subsequently, INVISTA and Lenzing decided to
work together to promote these fabrics in the
marketplace. Lenzing management says it is
pleased to work with INVISTA to help customers
develop commercial fabrics with strong
marketing attributes. Both the
companies have global sales,
marketing and technical teams
supporting the developments
and they will provide joint
promotional materials as well as
supply chain support and
marketing information.
“This initiative represents two
globally innovative fiber
companies working together to
provide the denim market with
fabrics that meet the performance
needs of modern consumers,” says
Michael Kininmonth, Senior Project
Manager of Denim at Lenzing Fibres
Inc. “Superior comfort with stretch
and long-lasting recovery are set to
become the next core product in
women’s wear.”
“LYCRA® dualFX® fabrics bring a
whole new standard of performance to
denim so it was only natural to extend
that technology to blends with
TENCEL® fiber,” said Hegedus. “We
are excited to work together with
Lenzing and we think both companies
can bring significant value to the marketplace.”
TENCEL® fiber has been reinvented by denim
designers as the perfect complement to today’s
fashion trends. Jeans with TENCEL® fiber are
attractive, durable, and become immediate
favourites thanks to their enhanced comfort. The
revival of TENCEL® fiber in denim is also due in
part to the environmental factor.

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Industry
The wide consumption of denim by fashion
connoisseurs globally has created a new
opportunity for Bangladesh, the second largest
exporter of denim after China.
Today denim is used to make clothes for all
seasons for both men and women. Demand for
denim wear is also on the rise globally.
“Denim is used by all segments of people, as
such fabric is comfortable and looks smart,” said
Mahmuda Begum, head of the fashion design
department of BGMEAUniversity of Fashion and
Technology. “In the perspective of fashion, the
fabric is versatile and can be used all the year
round to create looks that are modern, formal or
casual,” she added.
This is why demand for denim is high worldwide
and investors are forming large-scale plants in
the country, entrepreneurs said.
The number of denim makers may go over 30
from 25 at present by the year-end, said Showkat
Aziz Russell, managing director of the country's
largest denim maker Partex Denim. “I am
confident that Bangladesh would make four in
five denim items for the European market by
2020.” he further added.
Bangladesh currently produces 20 million yards
of denim a month, against a demand of 40 million
yards per month; total investment in the denim
sub-sector isTk 6,500 crore, he said.
“With the new opportunity, we have plenty of
work orders from the international retailers, more
than our capacity even,” said Binoy Kumar Pal,
general manager of Chittagong Denim, a
Gazipur-based denim maker that produces nine
lakh yards of the fabric a month.
However, the flow of work orders in some
factories has slowed due to political unrest in the
country in the last six months, he added.
“We have to struggle to keep up with the high
volume of orders as international buyers are
shifting orders from other countries like China to
Bangladesh for price competitiveness,” Pal said.
Alaluddin Khan, general manager of Akbar
Cotton expressed that some entrepreneurs
cannot set up new denim mill or expand their
existing capacities due to the high bank interest
rates and inadequate gas and power supplies,
although the sub-sector has potential, said.
“We abandoned plans to launch a Tk 100 crore
denim project a few years back due to the high
bank interest rate, volatile cotton market and gas
crisis,” Khan toldThe Daily Star by phone.
“Denim will be the next item to brand Bangladesh
as we are capable of producing a high quality
product at competitive prices,” said Abdus
Salam Murshedy, Managing Director of Envoy
Denim.
“Supplying quality denim products worldwide
can act as recovery after retailers lost their
confidence on the country after the Tazreen
Fashion fire and Rana Plaza building collapse,”
Murshedy added.
“With such potential, we are going to organise
the country's first denim exhibition in March at
Radisson Hotel, Dhaka,” said Mostafiz Uddin,
Managing Director of Denim Expert Ltd, a factory
at Karnaphuli Export Processing Zone in
Chittagong.
Denim: the next big
export out of Bangladesh
Source : Thedailystar.net

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Events
The January 2014 edition of Kingpins New York
held on 21-21 January, 2014 was held for the first
time at The Tunnel, at 269 11th Ave. The show
featured a curated selection of 50 international
exhibitors from Asia to South America, including
Invista, Candiani, Cone Denim, Kurabo and
Tavex, showcasing the latest in denim fabrics,
washings and other steps and parts in the denim
supply chain for summer 2015.
Three seminars were also part of the show one
co-hosted by Candiani and Cone Mills, explored
how the concept of “premium denim” has
evolved over the years. Stylesight’s senior trend
specialist, Jamie Thomas, covered the key
denim trends and design developments for the
s/s 2015 season and the third explored the
collaboration of fiber companies Invista and
Lenzing to fuse stretch and recovery with
softness
Despite the cold weather the show witnessed
healthy traffic and most exhibitors seemed
pleased. Bill Curtin of New Jersey-based BPD
Washhouse, said “Due to the timing all the denim
collections for the season are complete which
gives a better overview for visitors compared to
Denim by PV.”
Federation Design Studio, a first time exhibitor,
who recently took over a Texas-based denim
manufacturing facility, stressed the advantages
of manufacturing in the USA and used the show
to connect with potential new clients: “We see a
movement to a return to Made in USA, so this is a
Show Report :
good show for us,” said Colleen Crivello of FDS.
A delegation organized by The Taiwan Textile
Federation (TTF) also participated in the show.A
total of eight local Taiwanese denim product
suppliers, displayed their denim fabrics and
related products for spring and summer 2015.
The eight exhibitors forming part of the Taiwan
delegation were 496 Fabric Lab, Ourtex
Industrial Co., Tai Yuan Textile Co., Quing-Tong
Co., Merryson Corp., Hans Global Textile Corp.,
Cheng Shiang Industrial Co., and Handsel Tex
Industrial Corp..
While most Visitors at Kingpins were locals
and included the design teams of Ralph
Lauren and Target, who are seeking
international partners. The show also saw
potential buyers from Turkey and Latin
America who visited the Taiwanese
exhibitors to seek trading opportunities.
The buyers were happy as well and iked the
intimate atmosphere combined with a good
choice of products. A representative of
Quiksilver said, “I come here to find
different products for our different lines–for
DC I look for cool, rough material, for
Quiksilver it is more sustainable products
and for Roxy I look for rather fashionable
looks.”
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11. Jupiter Comtex Pvt. Ltd., India
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From The Denim Directory
Company:
Segment: Machinery
Mr. Jatin Mistry
Director
sales@jupitercomtex.com
+91 79 2583 5313
www.jupitercomtex.com
Jupiter Comtex Pvt. Ltd., formerly
known as Jupiter Engineering
Co., was established at
Ahmedabad in 1973. The
company began its journey
of textile machinery
manufacturing with Drum
Driven Warping Machine as
per the design of Lessona
Warping Machine.
The company has come a long way since then
with the continuous support of its clients,
spread all over India and is currently number
one in the field of Spindle Drive Direct Warping
Machine with Centralized Tension Control
Creel and high speed multi-size box, multi-
cylinder sizing machine both working withA. C.
frequency drive with P. L. C. control.
Excellent quality control in the manufacturing
process and prompt after sales service has
helped the company to not only retain existing
client but also approach new clients with
confidence.
The range of products offer by Jupiter for the
denim industry are:
 Indigo Dyeing Range With Sizing Plant.
 P.L.C base A.C frequency drive High
Speed Sizing Machine, Model: J 1250.
 Direct Warping Machine, Model: J 1000.
 JC T(centrally controlled) ‘H’ type creel.
 ‘V’ creel.
 Denim Finishing and shrinking Range.
Jupiter holds a monopoly in the manufacturing
of Indigo Dyeing Cum Sizing Plant and has
been the proud recipient of The Textile
Association (India)'s award for excellence in
manufacturing of Denim Plants, in the year
2010.
Jupiter's turnover has increased considerably
in the last decade and export share of the
company is 20% of the total turnover.
Multicolour Warp Dyeing Range
PLC Controlled High
Speed Sizing Machine