Times are changing, and so is denim. It constantly evolves in new directions without losing its rich history, ...
This year, jeans are as diverse as ever and continue to be a staple design piece of clothing in everyone's war...
Denim is always on the move. From day one when it was used as a true workwear garment there were innovations t...
Denim trends evolve rapidly, influenced by culture, economics, and public figures. Key trends this year includ...
Denim fabrics are originally made with 100% cotton, but since around 15 years, more and more jeans contain a c...
It’s no longer a secret that we need to take responsibility when it comes to Mother Earth. We need to slow dow...
Sustainability is a keyword these days. In every sector, it’s a hot topic, and so it is within the denim indus...
The denim industry is always moving. Especially when it comes to trends and developments. Some are just here f...
Luckily, the group of people that are living a conscious life is growing every day. Sometimes people need to g...
Trends come and go. This phenomenon is something that has been happening for ages. Some trends will stay longe...
Remember when you were young and you had one favorite outfit that you would like to wear day in and day out? Y...
That AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a hot topic these days is a fact. All over the globe, everyone is talking...
150+ Years of Jeans Usage Since jeans is born we have seen many changes over time in this historical garmen...
The difference between selvedge and non-selvedge fabrics Most people know that all pairs of jeans were firs...
Branding on pair of blue jeans goes way back. In fact, most brands branded their jeans already since day one...
Denim is Everywhere and Everywhere Is Denim Since the story of denim started, for most people the starting ...
Once again, a spectacular artefact drawn from the deepest depths of American history has fallen under the gave...
When a denim style is colored blue, you know that it's dyed with indigo. It can be synthetic or natural indigo...
Skinny jeans dominated the jeans market for nearly two decades. Now consumers are once again looking for strai...
A pair of jeans is made with many elements and different parts. It may look easy to design and produce a pair ...
Creating a pair of jeans is a form of art. Every designer begins from scratch, most of the time with influence...
Michael Allen Harris, denim archaeologist and author of Jeans of the Old West: A History, has spent the last f...
Denim fabrics can be used in so many ways There are so many different types of denim and jeans on the marke...
If you’ve got a denim lover in your life, you might be struggling to find the perfect gift for them. Denim may...
Everyone loves denim, and denim loves everyone That denim is the cornerstone for almost everyone’s outfit i...
Each year millions of tonnes of clothes are produced, worn, and thrown away. Every second, the equivalent of a...
When the first women's jeans were launched Jeans were made and worn in the first place for men. Men that wo...
While researching for my recently published book, The Rebel’s Wardrobe: The Untold Story of Menswear’s Renegad...
Dutch people have proportionally the most pairs of jeans Amsterdam is the capital of The Netherlands, and o...
Denim is way more than just a pair of jeans or a jacket. It’s a way of life, a lifestyle! And as with most lif...
Baggy is back. Since at least the middle of the last decade, designers have been toying with wider legs, but t...
Trends come and trends go each season. That’s not only with fashion, that’s also the case with denim.
In my last article, I discussed the evolution of the five pockets in the five-pocket jean. As I noted in that ...
In the history of denim, there were many important years and milestones. Since the beginning of the miner peri...
Denim designers know better than to mess with perfection. Though they might break new ground with fabrics and ...
True blue jeans have a reputation for being casual—but not all denim has to be. Case in point, the current wav...
Making a pair of jeans isn’t as simple as most people think. There’re many steps to make during the whole prod...
To put things mildly, it’s been an absolute scorcher of a summer, and it’s still not over. Denim lovers tend t...
The history of denim kicks off around 1850 when they discovered gold in the mines of California, USA. A lot of...
Just like trends in fashion, everything is going so fast nowadays. When you’re just used to a certain change, ...
There are many ways to cuff your pair of jeans. Of course, a lot of people prefer to wear their jeans with the...
From Casblanca’s cowboy couture runway to Y-Project’s wackily warped denim, here’s what went down at the city’...
Denim is such a versatile piece of clothing. There are so many options to choose from when going to a denim st...
Denim was originally made as workwear for miners. They needed sturdy pants that survived their hard work while...
Denim has a long history and was originally made as workwear. Clothing items that last long and could survive ...
Ever Evolving Talks by Calik Denim returned to Amsterdam in April bringing the denim industry together once ag...
Sleeveless denim jackets are part of many collections of denim brands nowadays. Also on the streets, they are ...
Finding the right pair of jeans that fit perfectly has never been easy. One brand’s straight fit is another’s ...
When we talk about denim, and especially when we talk about premium denim, one of the words that frequently co...
The denim western is a true-blue workwear icon. Though it might call to mind images of the cowboy on the range...
Denim brands are increasingly looking to natural dyes as a responsible way to introduce color to jeanswear col...
If you take a look at old west Cowboy pictures from the 1930s and 1940s you will notice that they’re most of t...
Long before models were strutting the catwalks in denim, the sturdy fabric was worn almost exclusively by thos...
Although denim fabrics were used way before the gold miners were wearing pairs of jeans during their heavy wor...
As far as mythic origin stories go, the story told about Levi Strauss’s arrival in San Francisco and his immed...
Even before the pandemic, the pre-fall season was less about selling new ideas and more about fashion brands k...
Denim isn’t just a fabric. It’s a special fabric as it’s getting better with time and wear. Some say it’s gett...
Using little more than copper, coloured thread, and leather, legacy brands have forged brand identities that, ...
Nowadays many sources on the internet can guide you through the history of denim. Sources that learn you more ...
Over the past 10 years, Dutch denim brand Kings of Indigo has been on a mission to make the most responsible j...
From bell bottoms and acid-wash jeans to platform sneakers and trucker hats, we’ve all seen fashion trends com...
One of the most popular questions about jeans is how to take care of them. How to clean your jean. The answer ...
With all of our efforts to close the loop and ensure a maximised life for our clothes, turning a piece of clot...
Denim is strongly rooted in music, and music is strongly rooted in denim. Musicians from all over the world ar...
If you have somebody in your life who is addicted to denim, gift-hunting can be a frustrating experience. With...
While the denim industry has joined forces and has taken responsibility to purify, the supply chain changes ra...
Over the past century, the popularity of denim has grown immensely, and that's hardly surprising. Denim contin...
First it was stay-home-style. Now, denim brands and retailers are betting on bright, bold fashion for the long...
Thanks to the way it fades over time, denim has an unmatched ability to tell a story about the wearer and thei...
Behind our favorite blue fabric there is a whole industry working on new developments and improvements making...
Brands and companies have a responsibility to be accountable, and because we know producing anything has an im...
We’re proud to announce our participation in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Jeans Redesign Project as part o...
In 2012, the founders of Frame launched their premium denim company with the intent of creating a brand on the...
At the beginning of the pandemic, those who were only connected to the office with a digital tether may have s...
While we’re still very much in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, progress is undoubtedly being made globally...
Few innovations in the denim world have been more polarizing than stretch denim. For the vintage denim purist,...
Greenwashing is a concept we are all familiar with. It's deceiving, manipulative, and treachery, and it must b...
Do you think you could tell the difference between an original pair of jeans and ones made using a laser?
Nothing beats a pair of blue jeans and a white t-shirt, right? Since the first pair of jeans went through a se...
According to recent estimates, from the cradle (soil and seeds) to the grave (recycling), each pair of denim c...
The idea of buying a garment that doesn’t physically exist is an odd concept. It’s reminiscent of The Emperor’...
In the sustainable fashion conversation, cotton gets a pretty bad rap. It’s collectively considered one of the...
The five pocket jean is undoubtedly the giant of the denim world. It’s undeniable. Its humble origins and rise...
Though there are still plenty of consumers who prefer a bargain to ethically or sustainably produced goods, th...
The influencer economy has become one of the go-to places for advertisers and public relations professionals t...
The styles that permeated the '00s – whether you want them to be or not – are back. After years of throwback 9...
Introduced in the late Nineteenth Century as a piece of practical and lasting workwear, the denim jacket was i...
There has been a considerable amount of focus on what drives denim brand loyalty. At the market entry point, f...
Are you an over-packer? I don’t know about you, but I definitely used to be. But, as I became more aware that ...
Gen-Z and Millennials wage war in the online debate between skinny and baggy jeans.
Back in January, we took the opportunity to reflect on the turbulence of 2020. A momentous year that had all o...
The history of denim is often riveted securely to the history of the working man. As fascinating as this histo...
Silkiness against the skin is a feeling that will never get old. Imagine a vintage silk scarf running through ...
Mid season collections have become increasingly important for retailers and pre-fall is one that remains at re...
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis and continuing lockdowns are encouraging us all to be more creative than ever. In ...
In 2019, with the help of a close friend, I started the world’s largest and most-inclusive denim fading compet...
We’re continually searching for answers for the most eco-friendly way to produce denim, but we know that the m...
Despite the uphill challenges faced by COVID-19, the skinny jean proves it will take more than a global pandem...
As we head into the New Year, we find ourselves in a position that no one would have expected twelve months ag...
Innovations in the manufacturing sphere have permanently changed how denim is produced. From the projectile lo...
2020 was the start of democratizing information in our opaque supply chain. With everyone racing to have the b...
When it comes to producing jeans, the denim industry is renowned for its environmental impact due to the washe...
Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands is known for many things other than denim. The city stands for liber...
In 2020, denim is truly a universal fabric. Jeans are arguably the most popular item of clothing the world ove...
With stores shuttered for Black Friday sales, online shopping was the primary choice of snatching those deals ...
When it comes to wearing denim, 99% of people will likely opt for washed denim over raw. In fact, most consume...
With the streetwear industry worth approximately $200 billion according to a joint study by Hypebeast and PWC,...
Remember the rigid jeans from back in the day? The jeans that you were supposed to take with you in a bathtu...
Some question whether sustainability is just another passing trend or if it’s actually a real movement, but ...
Denim is a fabric loved the world over. Recognized as one of the most ubiquitous items of clothing, jeans are ...
The S Word. Yes, you know the one. Not that one, the other one: Sustainability. You know, the word that every ...
Since the moment jeans became popular, cotton and a pair of jeans have been inextricably connected. Jeans were...
We’re seeing trends move at lightspeed in our industry, but what consumer trends are solidifying that you shou...
Globally, our fashion industry produces about 53 million tonnes of fibre every year and more than 70 percent o...
When the COVID-19 virus started to grip our world in Spring this year, we all hoped it would have disappeared ...
We’re continuing to talk trends here at Calik Denim. And while forecasting future trends is a feat in itself, ...
We’re constantly trying to ‘reduce’ our carbon emissions, but what if we ‘rethought’ our approach? The concept...
It has been well documented that jeans are one of the fashion industry’s worst offenders of environmental dama...
In a previous post on the Calik blog, we studied the concept of a fashion trend and highlighted some key denim...
The traditional fashion industry is a polluted industry. It’s no secret. There are a lot of resources involved...
Millennials were first to drive the conversation around sustainable fashion, but Gen Z’s have taken it to anot...
It’s widely known that shopping for jeans is a nightmare. We’ve all experienced the frustrations associated wi...
2020 will be a year that defines the future of fashion.
There is a new wave of consciousness coming and many believe this is the start of new beginnings. Now more tha...
Compare the earth today with just a few short decades ago and you’ll see in a second that life is unmistakably...
Denim In today’s fast paced and multimedia driven world, the environment we find ourselves in is relentless in...
