Denim – Sourcing Journal

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., opening 60 stores across its brands, is seeing customers leaning into non-denim bottoms, including cargo pants.

Brands

Abercrombie Sees New Trend Emerging

CEO Fran Horowitz said one segment of third-quarter sales was "off the charts."

BY Vicki M. Young

Latest News

Hiut ran an anti-Black Friday "sale."

Brands

Hiut Takes a Different Approach to Black Friday ‘Sale’

Exhibitors at Denim Première Vision use the beauty of nature to their advantage in S/S 2024 collections.

Trends

Denim PV: Natural Textures and Dyes Lead Spring/Summer 2024 Trends

G-Star Raw x Stephen Jones Collection

Brands

G-Star Taps Milliner Stephen Jones for Haute Hats

Guess has released its Q23 financials.

Brands

Guess CEO Explains ‘Intentional’ 19% Inventory Increase

NTK, a fledgling women's denim line, is inspired by NYC girls in the 1990s

Brands

NTK Channels 1990s New York

Its young founder-designer Niki Korman creates clothes she wants in her own wardrobe.

BY Christopher Blomquist

Featured Stories

Trim suppliers are consciously creating products for circular denim garments.

Sustainability

Fall/Winter 23-24 Trims Report

Trim suppliers aim to consciously create products for circular denim garments.

BY Kate Nishimura

Brands

Adriano Goldschmied Revives Daily Blue

The renowned denim designer has given the defunct label he launched in 1974 a second life.

BY Christopher Blomquist

Guess CEO Explains ‘Intentional’ 19% Inventory Increase

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The year may be 2021, but fashion is stuck in the ’90s. Sourcing design inspiration from past decades is a time-honored tradition in fashion, but the prevalence of commercial ’90s fashion in the market—from wide-leg jeans and checkerboard prints, to bucket hats, plastic rings and platform flip-flops—is nearly a complete do-over of the decade, albeit through a Gen Z lens. Nostalgia for ’90s television series like “Friends,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “The Nanny”—along with social media accounts dedicated to the shows’ fashion—is driving this trend. The pandemic, and the almost 18-months of uninterrupted time spent binge-watching ’90s series on streaming sites like Hulu, Netflix and HBOMax, resulted in a visual masterclass of how to dress the part of a ’90s kids. The shows’ simple yet farfetched plotlines were refuge from an otherwise complicated and uncertain year. Television in the ’90s rarely strayed from proven formulas spanning teenage melodrama (“Blossom” and “Saved by the Bell”) and young professionals navigating careers and love with a laugh track (“Living Single” and “Martin”), to wild cards disrupting stuffy upper-class families (Will Smith in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and Fran Drescher in “The Nanny”). The shows’ wardrobes, however, were key to the development of characters that have left an indelible mark on pop culture and continue to influence fashion trends. From Blossom’s floral hats, to Bayside High students’ penchant for bleached denim and pastels, here’s a look back at the ’90s television series and characters that may inspire the next big throwback trend.

9 Throwback Series to Binge-Watch for ’90s Fashion Inspo

Tis the season for cargo pants, tank tops and Uggs.

Fashion Basics Are Going ‘Viral’ This Fall: Report

A new report from Edited looks at Gen Z from six different countries

Big Bucks and Baggy Pants: New Report Examines Gen Z Tips and Trends

Holiday ’23 will add a festive punch of color, texture and glitz to fashion, according to Trendalytics.

3 Mood-Boosting Trends to Know for Holiday 2023

Touristic fashion and dark colors are on the horizon.

What Hedonism and Burnout Culture Mean for Denim Trends

There’s more to men’s fashion than “business bros” and their puffer or fleece vests.

Why Is Everyone Talking About Men’s Wear?

Sustainability

Italian denim mill Candiani is growing its own cotton, a new strain called Blue Seed.

Candiani Cotton’s Got the Blues

BY Christopher Blomquist

Inside Mud’s ESG Report

Isko has released its latest sustainability report.

Isko Shares Its Eco Wins

A surge of innovation is the catalyst for alternative dye technologies and solutions in denim.

4 Unconventional Dye Techniques for Denim

Rivet Magazine

Show Time

The trends and innovations from Kingpins Amsterdam

Ways to reduce waste remained a hot topic at Kingpins Amsterdam.

Mills

Kingpins Amsterdam Report

Ways to reduce waste remained a hot topic at Kingpins Amsterdam.

BY Angela Velasquez

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