Science of Denim

Denim is defined as being traditionally a 3/1 warp-faced twill fabric made from yarn-dyed warp and undyed weft yarn. Among all types of fabrics  no other fabric has received such a wide acceptance like as denim. It has been used extensively by people of all ages, classes and genders. Denim can be considered as the most widely used garment in the apparel business. It is well known that denim and jeans have had a major influence on the lives of consumers since their inception. Denim processing or washing is an important operation for value addition of the final products in the apparel business. There are numerous operations exist for fulfilling of this treatment. In this article I will discuss about environment friendly denim processing or finishing technologies with briefly. Generally four types of technologies are used in sustainable denim processing. They are described below. Sandblast finishing of denim: We know that, to achieve a special look as well change the fashion, requisite w

Introduction: Bangladesh export industries for apparel and textiles have completed its four decade. During this time there were different phases of challenges and prosperity. In the 1 st  decade the challenge was the technical know-how. Some of the big enterprises of that time played a leading role e.g. Reaz garments, Desh Garments, Paris Garments, etc. Of them Desh garments together with Korean company Hyundai trained many of its staffs in Korea for technical training. From those trained staffs our industry got many new entrepreneurs who later become leading industrialist of this time. At the middle of its 2 nd  phase the government took various steps in order to set up backward and forward linkages for the industry. This brought many new spinning mills, weaving mills, and most importantly knitted composite factories were grew up in the country like mushrooms. During the end of 2 nd  decade and start of the 3 rd  decade Bangladesh garment industry faced the first global challen