At the recent Kingpins show, denim players across the supply chain presented the innovations and projects being developed for Spring/Summer ’22 last week.Sustainability was the key focus of most denim technology providers. Also, they showed a renewed focus on the practicality and function of garments and in how they are made.
Tonello lineup up with denim expert Piero Turk to make a collection of denim garments that display the capabilities of its new finishing process, The Laundry (R) Evolution.
By using laser finishing machines and Tonello’s water-saving washing operation, the All-in-One System concept optimizes the entire garment finishing process. Turk and Tonello used denim fabrics for the collection which was viewed by the Kingpins Show as the most sustainable.
While Artistic Milliners is constructing on the success of ‘Crystal Clear’ indigo dye technology. With Crystal Clear 3.0, a process that decreases 80% water consumption as a combined wet process that is also powered by G2 Dynamic ozone technology by Jeanologia. Artistic Milliners presented the concept in a collection called Reflection, which includes eight fabrics made with Tencel Refibra.
This new technology created by Lycra Company aids garments to maintain their appearance wash after wash.Also, Lycra highlighted its new Anti-Slip fiber, a denim seam slippage solution for applications in single-core spandex fabrics that require durable stretch and good recovery power.
To address comfort, cut down size-related returns, and prevent ill-fitting jeans from ending up in a landfill, Soorty introduced Re-Sync, a one-size-fits-all technology that allows jeans to adapt to the wearer’s body. The fabric sculpts the body with a 360-degree stretch comfort that enables the garments to “perform well” two sizes up to and two sizes down.
Calik Denim introduced E-Denim, a patent-pending process that allows the mill to incorporate higher recycled content in ring-spun yarn without compromising the quality and strength of the yarn by wrapping recycled core yarn with recycled cotton and recycled Tencel.
