Jeansland Podcast

Usually, there isn’t much to laugh about in our industry. But on September 13, funny arrived at New York Fashion Week. A PETA protest disrupted the COS runway show. CFDA CEO Steven Kolb stepped in, things got physical...

My daughter introduced me to a company in New Jersey with an unusual kind of employee. It works outdoors, eats continuously, and never reads a sustainability report. It’s a goat. Across the U.S. and Europe, goats and...

Angie Furlong has spent more than four decades designing clothes, building teams, traveling the world, and learning the industry from the inside out. Some things in fashion can only be learned by understanding how...

I read an article about basketball this weekend that made me think about denim. Strange, I know. The argument was simple: we’re seeing more basketball and understanding less of it. Highlights, hot takes, 30-second...

What if sustainability wasn’t a competitive edge, but the baseline for the entire denim industry? In this revisited conversation, Andrew sits down with sustainability expert Roian Atwood to look at what real progress in...

Kingpins New York left me with a question: how many denim mills does the world actually need? Some longtime mills may be fighting for their future, while new mills keep entering an already crowded, increasingly...

A great garment begins long before it reaches a sewing machine. In Episode 80 , Andrew sits down with Alessio Berto , founder of The Tailor Pattern Support and one of Italy’s most experienced pattern designers. Over...

Nearly 50 million people worldwide are estimated to be living in modern slavery. When I first read that number, I was shocked. It sounded almost too large to believe, so I decided to look into where it came from, who...

Japanese denim is admired for its quality, craftsmanship, and the extraordinary care behind how it is made. In Episode 78 , Andrew sits down with Bobby Tohma , owner of Amhot Holdings and Idea Blue in Osaka . Andrew has...

For decades, developing new crop varieties has been slow, expensive, and full of trade-offs. Avalo believes better genetics, better data, and artificial intelligence can change that. In Episode 77, Andrew sits down with...

FRESH BLOOD continues with Part 8 , featuring Sean Vossen , who works with Frontline in Hong Kong. Sean grew up between Hong Kong and Milan, surrounded by the apparel business, but chose to explore other industries...

Beau Lawrence built his career by following the work, then building a life around it. In Episode 75 , Andrew sits down with Beau Lawrence , founder of Ace Rivington, to talk about denim, entrepreneurship, retail, Santa...

Pakistan’s cotton crop is recovering. But that is only part of the story. In Episode 74 , Andrew sits down again with Imran Asghar, Head of Asia Pacific at FibreTrace, to discuss cotton, traceability, sustainability...

<p><b>FRESH BLOOD</b> is about renewal. Every industry either regenerates itself or slowly hardens. In this Jeansland series, Andrew steps back to listen to the next generation already working inside denim’s supply...

<p>In Episode 72’s Andrew’s Take, Andrew reflects on the sale of Everlane, one of the most visible transparency-focused brands of the last fifteen years.<br/><br/>For years, Everlane tried to bring sourcing, factories...