Inside Denim

Inside Denim International B2B magazine & news portal for the global denim industry, with a strong focus on innovation, sustainability and social responsibility.

Digital dyeing specialist Lab Denim is introducing a new company name and branding platform, WTRLSS, which was first rev...
19/08/2026

Digital dyeing specialist Lab Denim is introducing a new company name and branding platform, WTRLSS, which was first revealed, unofficially, at the Future Fabrics Expo in Brussels last June. The Los Angeles and Basel-based company intends to make WTRLSS an ingredient brand in the likes of Gore-tex.

“The evolution from Lab Denim to WTRLSS has been five years in the making,” Matthias Foessel, head of sister company Beyond Surface Technologies, told Inside Denim. From an initial focus on denim, the company has since expanded the scope of its technology to offer a dyeing and finishing solution for all cellulosic-based fabrics.

The technology remains very relevant in denim making as it radically reduces water usage. “It can cut water by 99.99%, using only the equivalent of two tablespoons per pair of jeans,” said Hunter Doebereiner, VP marketing. The company’s business model is to sell the printer and accompanying chemistry. The chemicals are biobased, derived from algae in some cases, but colouring (or chromo) components remain petrochemical, for now.

https://insidedenim.com/news/175995/lab-denim-rebrands-as-wtrlss

Pakistan's Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, has unveiled plans for a 400-acre appa...
17/08/2026

Pakistan's Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, has unveiled plans for a 400-acre apparel zone at Port Qasim, near Karachi, positioning denim manufacturing at the heart of Pakistan’s next export push. Chairing a meeting on the proposed garment city project, Mr Chaudhry said the cluster would focus on high-value apparel, with the first phase alone expected to generate over 138,000 jobs and annual exports worth $2.2 billion.

The initial 250-acre phase will be developed under a public-private partnership model, with 35% of the land reserved for roads, utilities, and green spaces. The commercial layout includes 32 industrial plots of five acres each, though sizes may be reduced to two or three acres to accommodate more investors.

A flagship investment will come from Artistic Milliners, which will establish a vertically integrated unit with more than $18 million in capital. The company’s participation underscores denim’s central role in the project.

https://insidedenim.com/news/175978/port-qasim-apparel-zone-to-anchor-pakistans-denim-export-drive

20/07/2026

Bangladesh denim mill and jeans manufacturer NZ Denim has integrated a novel quantum pigment developed by colour innovation company Quantum Light, which it will be showcasing at Kingpins New York (July 22 & 23).

A denim fabric dyed a brilliant red will be on show. The nanotech quantum pigment, a form of semiconductor crystal, is said to not only reflect a colour in its specific light spectrum but also condense and convert the entire spectrum into the chosen hue. The result is said to be unlike anything achievable with conventional textile pigments: purer, more vibrant and with exceptional visual impact.

California-based Quantum Light was founded by artist Olga Alexopoulou and technology executive Jason Hartlove. The technology was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2023 in recognition for the work of Moungi Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexey Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots”. Quantum Light, founded in 2023, has just raised $1.1 million in a pre-seed extension round, bringing its total funding to $2.1 million.

https://insidedenim.com/news/175709/nz-denim-introduces-quantum-dot-powered-colour

Emily Gubbay is exploring a new approach to circularity in denim through Infinity Blue, a process designed to recover in...
01/07/2026

Emily Gubbay is exploring a new approach to circularity in denim through Infinity Blue, a process designed to recover indigo from denim waste and post-consumer jeans. The designer and researcher believes recovered indigo could help mills and recyclers reduce reliance on petrochemical pigments while creating new value from textile waste streams.

She has also joined Denim Deal as part of its Innovation Hub cohort.

Read our latest Clocking On feature - mapping a working day from rise to rest!

https://insidedenim.com/dialogue/175450/clocking-on-with-emily-gubbay

For its second edition, which was a lively event, Textiles Recycling Expo presented its very first awards in support of ...
29/06/2026

For its second edition, which was a lively event, Textiles Recycling Expo presented its very first awards in support of innovation in circular solutions. Mariska Boer, co-owner of Boer Group and head of Textile Recycling Europe (formerly EuRIC), officiated at the ceremony.

Beyond Retro / Bank & Vogue Ltd/Ltée. picked up the Retailer of the Year award. The company was recognised for promoting and delivering hashtag hashtag practices. Finalists in this category included Spanish retailer MANGO and German social fashion company ARMEDANGELS.

The Product of Year Award was given to Elis in honour of its Workwear to Workwear platform. In 2025, the French company launched a fully recycled and eco-designed clothing range made from 60% T2T recycled fibres derived from used Elis textiles and 40% recycled polyester.

Green Worms - Waste Management & Recycling took home the Textile Collection & Sorting Award. The Indian company founded in 2014 has set up supply chains to turn household waste into resources. It processes 200 tonnes of waste textiles per month.

The Textile Recycling Project of the Year went to Circ in recognition of its first commercial polycotton recycling solution. Finalists in this category included Recover, BlockTexx, Jiangsu Recycolor and Circlo by Pedrosa & Rodrigues.

The prize for Innovation in Recycling Technology went to Renasens, a Swedish company that is designing a waterless T2T recycling technology using supercritical carbon dioxide.

Finally, Jacob Nathan, founder and CEO of Epoch Biodesign, won the Rising Star Award for his contribution to an enzymatic recycling method for polyamide 6.6.

The jury members were Romain Narcy, of rematters and Denim Deal; Robert van de Kerkhof, CEO of ReHubs; Jean-François Pinget of Fedustria, the Belgian textile industry federation; Mohammed Patel, reuse and recycling membership manager for UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT); Laura Vicaria, Denim Deal director; Karla Magruder of Accelerating Circularity; and Alan Wheeler, CEO of the Textile Recycling Association.

https://insidedenim.com/news/175520/textile-recycling-expo-presents-first-awards

French jeans maker Atelier Tuffery is testing the use of a natural enzyme, a laccase, produced by mushrooms, to fade blu...
02/06/2026

French jeans maker Atelier Tuffery is testing the use of a natural enzyme, a laccase, produced by mushrooms, to fade blue jeans. The manufacturer is working with INRAE, a French research agency specialising in agronomy, which first identified the indigo-degrading organism. Initial tests suggest that these natural enzymes could be reused.

ADEME, a French eco-transition agency, provided the company with a €70,000 grant that enabled it to hire an engineer and begin testing the enzyme last year. The manufacturer expects to release the results of the experimentation this summer.

https://insidedenim.com/news/175284/atelier-tuffery-assesses-a-natural-enzyme

Matthew Hegarty, designer and founder of denim and outerwear brand Hegarty, explains the ethos behind the brand in our l...
20/05/2026

Matthew Hegarty, designer and founder of denim and outerwear brand Hegarty, explains the ethos behind the brand in our latest Dialogue.

“What really motivated me was the question of where fashion is made,” he says. “There are many British brands, but relatively few that still manufacture here. The UK has an extraordinary heritage of craftsmanship, from tailoring to outerwear and I felt there was space for a brand that genuinely produced garments here.”
Read more on our Dialogue page!



https://insidedenim.com/dialogue/175163/cut-from-a-different-cloth

Address

The Old Stone House, Teeton
Northampton
NN68LH

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+441519289288

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Inside Denim posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category