It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Marco Lucietti

Sector Scanner / Denim Futures

17 May 2022

4 minutes

ISKO is the first denim producer in the world to be recognised with the Nordic Swan and EU Ecolabel certifications. ISKO’s research centre, certified by the Turkish government, is run by over 25 textile engineers, who are specialists in creating new denim products.

There’s a Desperate Need to Get Together in Person After the Pandemic

ISKO is part of Sanko Tekstil, the textiles division of the Sanko Group. With a global presence and offices in 35 countries, ISKO is the biggest producer of denim in the world. It has a capacity of 300 million metres of fabric per year, with 2000 state-of-the-art automatic looms. Marco Lucietti, Director for Strategic Projects at ISKO, says what it is to be like to be back at Denim PV.

Subir Ghosh

Interview

Sector Scanner / Denim Futures / I

16 May 2022

5 minutes

The denim sector of the textiles-apparel-fashion industry cannot be seen or studied in isolation. It’s the flagship sector of industry—admit it or not. What happens in this segment either has a direct bearing on most others or becomes a benchmark for everyone else: from dyeing techniques and fibre innovations to energy/water consumption and circularity/recyclability.

Denim PV Not Another Sourcing Event, But Melting Pot for Ideas

Denim’s been a hardy survivor, so have been its stakeholders. And as they congregate at the 'responsible denim fashion event', considered the Mecca for the sector—the Denim Première Vision (Denim PV), at Berlin beginning tomorrow—more than 80 exhibitors, after going through an intensive selection process, will showcase their wares as also their approach in terms of sustainability.