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Kingpins New York announces change of dates for June event

New York’s annual denim trade event Kingpins will be changing dates this year, moving from June 8-9 to June 12-13. The show’s organizers said that the dates were changed because the original ones were too close to Ramadan and the Kingpins Hong Kong Show, which takes place May 15-16. The Kingpins Transformers event - a summit series spotlighting...

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Kingpins New York Announces New June 2019 Dates

NEW YORK (January 10, 2019) Kingpins Show organizers announced a shift in their New York show schedule for 2019. Originally set for June 8-9, the Kingpins New York Show will now take place June 12-13. Kingpins Transformers, which coincides with Kingpins New York, will now move to June 11. New York Denim Days will keep its original dates, hosting...

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Kingpins 2018: 'Sustainability is more than just a buzzword'

Amsterdam - Kingpins is one of the largest denim trade fairs in the world, and so - quite unsurprisingly - the most innovative and forward-thinking players in the denim game are there. This year, amid the sea of indigo blue denim and excited industry professionals, one word seemed to proudly dominate the display booth fronts: sustainability. The...

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Saitex International Buys All Tickets to Upcoming Kingpins Transformers: Innovation Summits

Saitex International Buys All Tickets to Upcoming Kingpins Transformers: Innovation Summit in Amsterdam and New York A leader in sustainable manufacturing practices, Vietnam-based Saitex has purchased all the tickets for the events in Amsterdam and New York so that members of the denim supply chain may attend the Kingpins Transformers event free...

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Denim: Takeaways from Kingpins Transformers NYC Summit

Kingpins arrives this week in NYC for its first denim trade show outside of Amsterdam but, as founder and CEO Andrew Olah reminds us, denim was adopted by the US a century ago so it’s fitting that it finally comes stateside. Sponsored by Rivet magazine, the opening summit’s focus this year, is “Transparency” and features a panel of transformers...

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Experts at Kingpins: 4 biggest myths about denim

What do we really know about the denim industry and about the products themselves? As with every topic, the denim industry is full of its own myths or facts that are mistaken to be false.. During the fifth edition of Kingpins, Stefano Aldighieri from the Design Studio, Bart van de Woestyne from Superblue and Andrew Olah from Kingpins, acted as...

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Tejidos Royo launches the first waterless yarn dyed indigo

London - Spanish textile manufacturer Tejidos Royo is set to reform the indigo dying process, as the producer unveils its new waterless indigo dying technology - Dry Indigo. More than ten years in the making, the new process uses some of the most advanced industrial process techniques including foam dyeing. Unveiled at denim trade fair Kingpins...

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Denim board shorts: O’Neill & ISKO 'suffer from pioneer syndrome’

Amsterdam - Up until recently, the combination of denim and the ocean was impossible to imagine. No one in their right mind would go swimming in a pair of denim jeans (unless they are looking to break-in a pair of virgin jeans) as once they become wet, they become extremely heavy and stiff and take hours to dry. “Surfers love denim, but we could...

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Kingpins Amsterdam's Fifth Anniversary: A Look Inside

Kingpins Amsterdam marked its fifth anniversary this week, as the invite-only trade fair hosted a new lineup of innovative denim manufacturers. The occasion was celebrated with a series of events, parties, exhibitions, and seminars ranging from all facets of the denim industry. The two-day trade show paid special attention to the most innovative...

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Kingpins Transformers shines a light on Transparency in denim

In a rapidly changing industry, each fashion company is working out its own path in regards to transparency. Transparency, much like the word sustainability, is a key buzzword in the fashion industry at the moment. However, while most brands and retailers agree it is important to be transparent, many question how much consumers really need to...

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Kingpins Amsterdam to launch new show at its 5 year Anniversary Event

Denim trade show Kingpins is set to launch a new show this season, as it marks the five-year anniversary of its Amsterdam show. Kingpins Amsterdam, which takes places from April 18 to 19, will host a series of events and celebrations this season to mark the occasion. This edition will see Kingpins Amsterdam launching ‘Transformers’, a new show...

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Video: Amy Leverton - Denim Trends SS19

Amy Leverton, owner and founder of Denim Dudes, shows FashionUnited the four denim trends of Spring/Summer 2019 at denim event Kingpins. Source: FashionUnitedTV, YouTube