BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Marwa Zamaray - European Climate Pact Ambassador

Marwa is a dedicated sustainability consultant and advocate for ethical sourcing, with extensive expertise in legislative policy and compliance within the global fashion industry. She brings a wealth of experience from her advisory role, where she has collaborated with global entities to combat forced labor, animal abuse, and deforestation through innovative strategies. Focused on transforming supply chains to align with EU/US laws and broader global standards, Marwa combines her deep technical understanding with a history of delivering tangible results.

Her approach includes tailored strategies and a commitment to transparency, guiding multinational companies through complex legal landscapes. As a frequent speaker and contributor at significant platforms, Marwa intensifies her efforts through educational programs, social media engagement, and public speaking, aiming to educate, inspire, and engage communities in sustainable and ethical practices. Through her work, she champions innovative compliance strategies that resonate with market needs for environmental and social responsibility, driving tangible change in the fashion industry.

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 19 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING. 
@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

BLUE CAST Ep 504 - CANDIANI - Eat your Denim / Glacier Project


This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Simon Giuliani Global Marketing Director at  Candiani Spa

Information about Candiani:

Candiani Denim is an Italian family business founded in 1938, located between Milan and the Alps, in the nature reserve of the Ticino Park. Candiani Denim is an internationally renowned denim weaving company that supplies some of the world’s best-known fashion brands, creating the fabrics that gave birth to the premium denim industry. Candiani firmly believes in the importance of Made in Italy, innovation and sustainability, intrinsic values of each of its fabrics, which give it its uniqueness and inimitable quality. Candiani sees the denim of the future as both a regenerated and regenerative product. From the first to the last phase, Candiani’s goal is to make denim 100% compostable, with a positive impact in every moment of his life. Candiani Denim has its headquarters in Robecchetto con Induno and a Development Center in Los Angeles. Candiani Denim, among others, owns the COREVA™ patent, the first and only biodegradable and compostable stretch denim on the market.

Simon Giuliani, CMO, Head of Sustainability, Strategic Brand Leader, and Lecturer with nearly 20 years of international experience in the Fashion Industry with a specific focus on sustainable innovation. Starting from responsible brand strategy Simon aims at designing and executing solutions that align industrial business goals with responsible production practices, circular product innovation as well as internal and external education.

The extensive knowledge about the fashion system from industrial manufacturing to design, distribution and marketing allows him to guide brands in their transition towards a circular model, and to convert their sustainability related efforts into brand equity and sales.

Actively supporting institutions in the creation of new guidelines and regulations for the European Fashion Industry serving as Expert advisor to the United Nations’ UNECE, to the MEPs designing the EU Circular Economy Action Plan, to SDA Bocconi’s Monitor for Circular Fashion, to the City of Milan.

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 19 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING. 
@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

BLUE CAST Ep 503 - Rematters with Romain Narcy


This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Romain Narcy Founder at Rematters - Textile Recycling Solutions // Partner at Ereks Garment | Innovation & Circularity in Textile



Romain Narcy is a distinguished individual, renowned for his exceptional background in International Business Management. With extensive experience and knowledge of denim production at all stages gained during his tenure as Marketing Manager at EREKS - Blue Matters, Romain quickly rose through the ranks to become General Manager & Board Member before being appointed Head of Innovation & Strategy three years ago.

In 2020, Romain played an instrumental role in redefining Ereks' strategy towards becoming a Circular Company by 2030 – proof that he not only talks about circularity and textile recycling but also actively translates these ideas into action. His international exposure within the textile industry coupled with deep understanding of supply chain dynamics make him uniquely positioned to be one of tomorrow's visionaries for textiles.
Apart from steering Ereks on its path toward sustainability excellence, Romain serves on various committees such as Denim Deal (The Netherlands + International) or Transformers Foundation Educational committee (USA). He actively participates in other working groups focusing on Circularity at ISO Istanbul Chamber Of Industry (ISO), Turkish Manufacturers Apparel Association (TGSD), Turkish Textile Exporters Association (ITHIB).

Romain's passion for sustainable practices is truly remarkable. He has been a regular speaker at various events around the world, including ConservationXLabs/Textile Circularity Challenge brainstorming workshop in New York City and Munich Fabric Fair BlueZone/Newtopia reconstructing jeans panel discussion - Munich 7/23. Romain Narcy is working towards creating a greener tomorrow!

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 19 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING. 
@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Beyza Baykan, Managing Director of HMS - HAND MADE STONE

Beyza Baykan is an entrepreneur with a background in Applied and Computational Mathematics and International Relations from the University of Southern California. She is the founder of HMS, a sustainable denim washing stone company that prioritizes environmentally friendly solutions for the denim industry.
With prior experience at the World Bank, Beyza has a deep understanding of global development issues and a strong commitment to making a significant impact. Combining her expertise in international relations with a passion for sustainability and women’s empowerment, she advocates for transparency and circularity in the fashion industry, specifically championing women in denim.
Looking ahead, Beyza aims to expand HMS into a global brand, leading the way in sustainable practices for denim production. She is also dedicated to establishing a non-profit organization that promotes an environment-over-profits mentality within the fashion industry, driving her mission to create a positive global impact.
Beyza Baykan family have over 30 Years Of Denim Experience

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 18 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING. 

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

This BLUE CAST Episode, Mohsin Sajid  talks with Viktor Fredbäck, Emilio Di Stefano from DENIM HUNTER Film. 

This was recorded Live straight after the UK Premiere. 

Its a edited recording, with No spoilers of the film. 

After 19th Minutes - Theres a segment where  Viktor and Mohsin talk about the vintage garments Viktor has brought to the UK Premiere.  

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The earliest examples of denim pants are sought-after by historians and hobbyists, leading them on expeditions into abandoned mines to unearth jeans worn by workers in the late 1800s.

Viktor Fredbäck is one of these denim history aficionados, and he has amassed a collection of hundreds of jeans that span from the 1870s to the 1970s. But one decade eluded him: the 1880s. The documentary “Denim Hunter” follows Viktor’s journey from his home in Sweden to the United States to track down jeans that will complete his century-long denim timeline.

Following the initial premiere during Amsterdam Denim Days and screenings in Sweden and New York, “Denim Hunter” is premiering in the United Kingdom on Jan. 19. The London premiere of the film, organized by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique of denim consultancy Endrime, will be held at the Mills Fabrica during its Denim Futures Exhibition.

“I was gutted to miss the event in Amsterdam during Denim Days,” explained Mohsin, Endrime’s owner and creative director. “I was going to reach out to Viktor Fredbäck to interview about the film, but the very same day Viktor Fredbäck reached out to me and asked me to arrange and organize the U.K. premiere for him and help show the film to 50-60 U.K. denim enthusiasts.”

The premiere is sponsored by Advance Denim, Prosperity Textiles, Stella Blu, Pioneer Denim, Circulose, Marmara Hemp, Hand Made Stone, TENCEL™ Proper, YKK and Carved in Blue. With the support, Endrime was able to fly Viktor and the film’s director Emilio Di Stefano to the U.K. for the event. Viktor is bringing some rare pieces with him to showcase to attendees.

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Mohsin Sajid is a highly accomplished denim specialist, denim historian an educator. With more than 20 year’s experience working with a number world’s leading international denim brands and mills. 

Mohsin has a keen interest in raising the next generation of denim designers reflecting in his role as MA denim lecturer at The Royal College of Art, and BA denim lecturer at Ravensbourne University London. 

Mohsin together with his wife Sadia Rafique they both run consultancy company ENDRIME® and their Denim History educational platform where they teach denim making masterclasses & historical denim lectures each year. Mohsin is at the helm of guiding the next generation of responsible denim designers.

Mohsin is also a organiser of Transformers ED educational series started in 2019. 

Mohsin is currently writing 2 books, 1st book on denim manufacturing processes; a comprehensive textbook from 1870 to modern ergonomic denim of today, which he hopes to complete in 2024.

 Mohsin's second book will be about his ENDRIME archive – and resource book for others designers which he hopes to complete in 2025. 

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Marco Stefanelli, director of marketing and business development at Stella Blu, about its work with WATERLESS Cooltrans printing technology in Denim .

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 18 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING. 

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

This Special BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with 13 Denim fabric mills about their thoughts on  Matte TENCEL™ Denim  as each of them make a Special Capsule Collection. 

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 17 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING.  

Matte TENCEL Denim Capsule Collection

Following the 2021 introduction of Matte TENCEL branded lyocell fibers, Lenzing has been working closely with mill partners around the world to refine the development of the denim fabric structure, with an aim of achieving less sheen and more natural/cotton-like denim aesthetics but still with a soft handfeel.
 
As of 2023, close to 15 fabric mills have successfully developed an improved and optimized approach for producing denim fabrics with cotton-like aesthetics using Matte TENCEL Lyocell fibers.

To celebrate this fabric innovation, a specially curated denim apparel collection “Matte TENCEL Denim Capsule Collection” was showcased for the first time during the Kingpins Amsterdam Autumn Show in October 2023, demonstrating unlimited aesthetic possibilities enabled by fabrics with at least 40% composition of Matte TENCEL Lyocell fibers. 

In this Podcast we listen to 13 of the Denim mills

1 Advance Denim
Mark Ix / Marketing Director of North America 

2 Panther Denim 
Tim Huesemann / Director of Panther Denim/ Tat Fung Textile

3 LNJ 
Ashish Bhatnagar / Senior Vice President & Marketing Head

4 Bhaskar 
Matteo Vallarsa 

5 AFM 
Sabur Qureshi / General Manager Marketing and Sales

6 AGI Denim 
Ali Tekin / Research and Development Director at AGI Denim

7 CBL
Imran Tanveer / Assistant Vice President – Research & Development

8 Kassim 
Arsal Kassim / Creative Director-Kassim 

9 NDL 
Faisal Yaqub, AGM Business Development, Naveena Denim (NDL) 

10 Indigo Textiles 
Nauman Ahmad / General Manager Product Development, Indigo Textile

11 US denim 
Intizar Ali / General Manager Research & Business Development

12 SM 
Ali Kazmi / Experienced Marketing & Business Development Specialist

13 Beximco 
Mr. Junaid Safdar / COO

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Denis Druon CEO - The Flax Company / Marmara Hemp®,  based in France. 

Marmara Hemp® is the first hemp fibre to be certified as sustainable, Cradle to Cradle (Platinum level) and with a Life Cycle Assessment performed by a certified body.

Marmara Hemp® is an exclusive partnership between three regions in France, guaranteeing traceability, quality and quantities.

Marmara Hemp® cottonized hemp fibre with a sustainable, traceable, secure and innovative supply chain 🌱 #MarmaraHemp

Hemp grown and processed in France. No chemical, no water, only mechanical treatment.
Full LCA approved by Higg, Quantis. Nominated by all major textile and denim brands


You can also watch MARMARA HEMP video on our Blue Lenz video channel:
https://youtu.be/RkXO_hPaX-w?si=zEsnV6QvsQgTUZr-

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 17 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING.  

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

BLUE CAST Ep 409 - SÄNTIS TEXTILES - RCO100


This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Annabelle Hutter
Managing Director, Säntis Textiles.


SÄNTIS TEXTILES

Built on generations of Swiss textile expertise.
SÄNTIS TEXTILES a Swiss, family-owned and run textile sourcing and supply company headquartered in Singapore. Since 2005, they have specialise in material, fiber, yarn, fabric and technology development and sourcing for the global market in garment and technical textiles.

RCO100, is their 100% recycled cotton technology, it was launched in 2016, designed with the forward thinking customer in mind.  In 2023 at ITMA show SÄNTIS TEXTILES released a new version of the machine - with great excitement.

You can also watch two of their videos on our Blue Lenz video channel:

https://youtu.be/5YXzvUWLptk
https://youtu.be/M_Bw4oaoi30  

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 17 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING.  

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

BLUE CAST Ep 408 - ZERO COTTON with Advance Denim & Officina +39 


This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Advance Denims Michael Lam  & Officina +39s Andrea Venier  about the TENCEL™ ZERO COTTON collection. 

Michael Lam
Director of Advance Denim Limited

Michael has over 20 years experience in the denim industry. As the Director of AdvanceDenim, He is responsible to connect the denim business and cultures from the East to the West and work together with his team in Amsterdam and New York to exchange the denim innovations and concepts from different countries.Michael has been working on several sustainability and innovation projects, such as theBigBox Dyeing, BioBlue, Botanic Dyes and Cottonized Hemp, in the company. Those projects lead Advance Denim to be one of the most sustainable denim mills in the world and this has been recognized by some well-known brands.Michael also actively helps the young generation to understand more about the denim and jeans cultures by working together with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the HongKong Design Institute to provide denim seminars and sponsorship to the students.Michael is one of the founding members of the Hong Kong Denim Festival, which this is one of the most important denim event in Asia. He also works together with the Kingpins show in United States and the Denim by Premiere Vision in Europe for some events and seminars. By having this connection and experience, Michael always promotes the most innovation and sustainability denim technologies and cultures to the world.


Andrea Venier 
Managing Director  Officina +39

26+ years We are a team with common passion for textile world and fashion. OFFICINA+39 combines experience of real professional people, devoted to anticipate, develop and support market demands related to garment field. OFFICINA+39’s real heritage is made up of thirty-year experience dedicated to research and chemical application in textile sector, and present engagement to transmit it to new technicians generation.

A workshop of new ideas coordinated by qualified technicians,
dedicated to application home lab, creating new “effects” and finishing.
OFFICINA+39 offers a selected range of chemical specialties, dyestuffs and pigments, in particular, for denim and garment fields.
Collaboration with customer to create new prototypes, supporting with selected eco-compatible chemical auxiliaries and innovative processes able to guarantee a possible and prompt industrial execution. This is our mission.

Intuition and approach to innovations – essential ingredients of Italian creativity – together with continuous research of materials and new processing technique, make OFFICINA+39 ideal partner in trend garments production.


Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 17 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING.  

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch