This past week I traveled to our wash development center in Reidsville, NC to work with some wonderful ladies from Ann Taylor. Using different dyes, washes and tools the ladies created unique pieces of denim, serving as inspiration for upcoming seasons. It was a great experience and I was inspired by their creativity and insight. I made sure to get their inside [...]
Last month I traveled to Reidsville, North Carolina to work with a group of FIDM students participating in a day of Lava U denim training. This was my first time participating in the event, so it was as much of a learning experience for me as it was for the other students. The day started [...]
Fashion and sustainability meet with the DyStar L.P. Lava Product line. Here at DyStar we accomplish eco-friendly denim in a variety of ways. Pairing shorter cycle times with less chemical use reduces energy and water usage. Bleaching is the biggest problem for the environment, but with our product line you can attain a variety of [...]
With the Lava Dyes you can achieve high quality effects with colored denim. Making small adjustments during processing, Lava Dye is able to create hundreds of unique finishes on your product. A current Denim Trend, camo is one effect that can be achieved so that you’ll be runway ready this season. graphic courtesy
Come and design your very own pair of jeans. At DyStar L.P. we have a Global team, with laundry exports in all major textile regions; making it possible for the effects you create to be reproduced in laundries all over the world- bringing your ideas to life. As a global textile leader in the denim [...]
Colors and prints are returning as a denim trend on the runway while coatings create unique effects worth looking out for. Courtesy of Fashion Snoops
Tie dye and denim are a match made in heaven: the pairing of a closet staple with a reoccurring trend. The tie dye technique is known technically as resist patterning- where color is excluded from certain parts of the fabric during the dying process to create a unique pattern. While popular belief is that this concept began [...]
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