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Found: Women’s Jeans That Won’t Go Out of Style - The Wall Street Journal
Jeans Redesign: New Brands Sign Up To Enhanced Circular Economy Guidelines - Textile World Magazine
Universal Standard's Cyber Monday Denim Drive Features Jeans For $25, But There's A Catch - Elite Daily
PSA: This Meghan Markle-Loved Denim Brand Has Tons of Jeans on Sale for Cyber Monday - PEOPLE.com
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Posted: 30 Nov 2019 07:32 AM PST

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Jeans Redesign: New Brands Sign Up To Enhanced Circular Economy Guidelines - Textile World Magazine

Posted: 03 Dec 2019 06:37 AM PST

LONDON — December 3, 2019 — More denim brands, including Ateliers and Repairs and Guess, have joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Jeans Redesign. The Jeans Redesign was created by the British circular economy charity's Make Fashion Circular initiative and launched in July. It includes guidelines that set minimum requirements on garment durability, material health, recyclability and traceability. The guidelines are based on the principles of the circular economy and will work to ensure jeans last longer, can easily be recycled, and are made in a way that is better for the environment and the health of garment workers. In addition to announcing new participants, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has extended the guidelines to allow fabric mills to join the project. In addition to meeting the other relevant Jeans Redesign guidelines fabric mills must implement ZDHC (Zero Discharge Hazardous Chemicals) wastewater guidelines, including testing and reporting, and produce no more than 0.025 m³ of wastewater per yard.

Latest Participants Include:

Brands — Ateliers and Repairs, BAM Bamboo Clothing, Blue of a kind, FAIRBLUE JEANS, Frank And Oak, Guess, Outland Denim

Fabric Mills — Advance denim mill, Artistic Miliners, Cone Denim, House of Gold (through Blue Diamond: Xingtai H&J Textiles Co. Ltd), Prosperity Textiles, Soorty

Manufacturers — Artistic Miliners, DEMCO, Denim Expert, Denim Village, Frontline, Soorty

Participants who joined earlier this year are: Arvind Ltd., BESTSELLER (through the VERO MODA brand), Boyish Jeans, C&A, GAP, Hirdaramani, H&M Group (through the H&M and Weekday brands), HNST, Kipas, Lee®, Mud Jeans, OUTERKNOWN, Reformation, Saitex, Tommy Hilfiger.

The Guidelines have also been endorsed by clothing collectors and recyclers Bank and Vogue, Circular Systems, EVRNU, HKRITA, I:CO, Infinited Fiber Co., Lenzing, Recover, re:newcell, Texaid, Tyton Biosciences LLC, Wolkat, and Worn Again.

The Guidelines build on existing efforts to improve jeans production, including the open source guide created following C&A and Fashion For Good's joint initiative to develop C2C Gold Certified™ jeans. They were developed with insights from more than 40 denim experts from academia, brands, retailers, manufacturers, collectors, sorters and NGOs. The first pairs of the redesigned jeans will be on sale in 2020. Make Fashion Circular lead Francois Souchet said: "More companies joining the Jeans Redesign demonstrates the appetite in the industry for practical solutions that support the transition to a thriving fashion industry, where all our clothes are used for longer, are made from safe and renewable materials, and are made to be made again. This kind of industrywide shift needs companies from across fashion to work together. Fabric mills are vital to this transformation and we are excited to bring them on board as part of the Jeans Redesign."

About The Guidelines

The respect of the health, safety, and rights of people involved in all parts of the fashion industry is a prerequisite, along with working conditions improvement in manufacturing globally. Beyond this, the Guidelines provide minimum requirements for jeans on durability, material health, recyclability, and traceability.

Durability

Jeans should withstand a minimum of 30 home laundries, while still meeting the minimum quality requirements of the brands; and
Garments should include labels with clear information on product care.

Material Health

Jeans should be produced using cellulose fibres from regenerative, organic or transitional farming methods; and
Jeans should be free of hazardous chemicals and conventional electroplating. Stone finishing, potassium permanganate (PP), and sandblasting are prohibited.

For Mills

The mill has implemented the ZDHC wastewater guidelines, including testing and reporting in accordance with the latest version of that document as a minimum; and
The wastewater volume created for denim fabric is a maximum of 0.025 m3/yard or below.

Recyclability

Jeans should be made with a minimum of 98% cellulose fibres (by weight);
Metal rivets should be designed out, or reduced to a minimum; and
Any additional material added to the jeans, should be easy to disassemble.

Traceability

Information that confirms each element of the Guideline requirements has been met should be made easily available;
Organizations that meet the requirements will be granted permission to use the Jeans Redesign Logo on jeans produced in line with the Guidelines; and
Jeans Redesign Logo use will be reassessed annually, based on compliance with reporting requirements.

Download the full guidelines via tiny.cc/jeansredesign

Posted December 3, 2019

Source: Make Fashion Circular Initiative

Universal Standard's Cyber Monday Denim Drive Features Jeans For $25, But There's A Catch - Elite Daily

Posted: 02 Dec 2019 02:59 PM PST

It's not yet Giving Tuesday, but Universal Standard is making it easier than ever before to combine your splurging and donating this year — talk about a great way to justify treating yourself to some new clothes! Universal Standard's Cyber Monday 2019 Denim Drive gives shoppers the chance to treat themselves to cute new jeans while donating their old ones in the process, and if you've ever tested the quality of Universal Standard's denim IRL, you know this is a pretty big deal. The brand's jeans are typically priced between $80 and $100, but during the Denim Drive, every pair will be available for just $25. No, this is not a drill.

How's it all go down, you ask? Right now, all the jeans on the Universal Standard website have been marked down to $25, so you can shop 'til you drop and place your order when you're ready. When your denim arrives at your door, a packing bag and shipping label will be included, and you can use them to mail two pairs of old denim to Blue Jeans Go Green, an organization that upcycles jeans and uses the cotton to create building insulation. The Denim Drive (and the discounted prices) only lasts through Cyber Monday, so if you're in the market for a denim revamp, read on for a few solid picks.

Last but not least, consider dressing up the Sava High Rise Flare Jeans in "Black" (Universal Standard) with pumps and a sparkly top for all your upcoming holiday parties:

Ready to treat yourself and make a difference in the process? Participate in Universal Standard's Denim Drive now and snag some $25 jeans while you still can.

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Posted: 02 Dec 2019 02:08 PM PST