BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

SOLUTIONIST - Blue Cast X Fashion Impact Fund Series Ep  207  - Hilary Jochmans Hilary Françoise Jochmans is the Founder of PoliticallyInFashion , a community for all those in fashion – designers, manufacturers, artisans, retailers, models, lawyers, reporters, consumers – to learn about legislative and regulatory issues of key importance to the industry.   The mission of PoliticallyInFashion is:  ...

BLUE CAST Ep202 - Discover Denim Days This BLUE CAST Episode, Tricia talks with Independent Creative Project Manager Joanne Schouten from Denim Days Joanne Schouten is an Independent creative project manager on a mission to create a positive impact on people and the planet with over 20 years of experience, working in (inter)national fashion and denim events. Her clients include Kingpins Show, Tran...

BLUE CAST Ep201 - Respected Perspective   This BLUE CAST Episode, Michael talks with Mr. Antoshak is a founding member of Vidalia Mills  Robert Antoshak has more than 35 years of experience in the fiber and textile industries. He has held executive positions with the Fiber Economics Bureau as editor of the Fiber Organon, American Fiber Manufacturers Association as Director of International Trade,...

BLUE CAST Ep14 - IT’S A WRAP 2021   This BLUE CAST Episode, Tricia talks with Daren Abney, Senior Business Development Manager, Lenzing Fibers Inc. Daren Abney joined Lenzing Fibers Inc. in January 2021 as Senior Business Development Manager. In this role he is focused on working with North American brands and their suppliers in the procurement of Lenzing’s sustainably innovative fibers, with a se...

BLUE CAST Ep13 - A CLASS ACT   This BLUE CAST Episode, Michael talks with Giusy Bettoni, C.L.A.S.S., CEO and Founder An expert in textile value chain, Giusy has superior technical knowledge within the raw material market sector, as well as precise marketing and communication skills.  In 2007, Bettoni created C.L.A.S.S. (Creativity Lifestyle and Sustainable Synergy), her mission was to change the p...

BLUE CAST Ep12 - Making an Impact   This BLUE CAST Episode, Tricia Carey talks with Kerry Bannigan CEO and founder of the Conscious Fashion Campaign and the Fashion Impact Fund  Kerry Bannigan, Founder of the Conscious Fashion Campaign, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships, engaging leading global industry events, initiatives and activations to facilitate collective act...

BLUE CAST Ep11 - THE FABRIC OF CIVILIZATION   This BLUE CAST Episode, Tricia Carey talks with Author Virginia Postrel. Virginia Postrel is a Los Angeles-based author, columnist, and independent researcher whose work spans a broad range of topics, from social science to fashion, concentrating on the intersection of culture, commerce, and technology. She learned to weave while researching The Fabric...

BLUE CAST Ep10 -   This BLUE CAST Episode, Michael Kininmonth talks with Sally Deighton - Denim and Production Specialist based in the UK  Salli Deighton, Industry veteran started her career with Wrangler jeans back in the early 90s. Her induction was in the plant in Falkirk run by a legend called Raymond Brown who was adamant no one should be designing jeans until they knew how to make them!  Sal...

BLUE CAST Ep9 - WASTE NOT WANT NOT - MAKING SENSE OF THE TEXTILE CIRCULAR ECONOMY This BLUE CAST Episode, Tricia Carey talks with Karla Magruder, from ACCELERATING CIRCULARITY Karla Magruder, a textile industry veteran with more than 35 years global experience from fiber to finished garments. Her experience, contact list and helicopter view to make sense of a highly complex situation that faces ou...

BLUE CAST Ep8 - A TRUE BLUE AMERICAN This BLUE CAST Episode, Tricia Carey talks with Tom Leonard  Tom Leonard, was Senior VP of global sales Cone Denim, who officially “checked out” a week earlier, ( this recording was from  July 7th 2021) Tom is a political science major at Lynchburg College, spent more than 40 years in the denim industry at Avondale and Cone Denim.  After a brief stint in the go...

BLUE CAST Ep7 - Marzia + Michael ‘A Change Agent for the Denim Industry’ This BLUE CAST Episode, Michael Kininmonth talks with Marzia Lanfranchi Marzia Lanfranchi is a independent Sustainable Fashion Consultant; the Founder of Cotton Diaries, a global community committed to making cotton supply chains more sustainable; and the Intelligence Director at Transformers Foundation. Her mission is to sha...

BLUE CAST Ep6 - Scott + Tricia Blue Blood on the Green This BLUE CAST Episode, Tricia Carey talks with Designer Scott Morrison Designer Scott Morrison was born and raised in Palm Springs, California, and attended the University of Washington, Seattle, on an athletic scholarship for golf.  A professional in the sport by age 23, he developed an interest in the clothing industry while in college, and...

BLUE CAST Ep5 - Megan + Tricia From Surfings Throne to Outerknown This BLUE CAST Episode, Tricia Carey talks with Megan Stoneburner, Director of Sustainability and Sourcing at Outerknown.  Megan Stoneburner currently leads Sustainability and Sourcing at Outerknown. She has more than 10 years of experience in product development and strategy, working in Sustainable Innovation, Inventory Management,...

BLUE CAST Ep4 - Panos + Michael THE MODERN DAY DENIM EVERYMAN   This BLUE CAST Episode, Michael Kininmonth talks with Panos Sofianos, Sustainable Denim Strategist - Denim Innovation Curator at BLUEZONE SHOW In this episode we speak to Panos Sofianos, who currently is the Munich Fabric Start Bluezone denim and innovation curator, fostering collaboration between legacy denim mills and tech start-ups...

BLUE CAST Ep1 - Tricia + Michael THE BIRTH OF BLUECAST   Tricia Carey and Michael Kininmonth from the TENCEL™ Denim team kick off the first episode of Blue Cast by sharing the stories behind the how TENCEL has made its mark in the denim industry and why the Carved in Blue blog has taken on a life of its own spawning both Blue Lenz and now Blue Cast. - - - - - - - - BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN...

BLUE CAST Ep2 - Roger + Michael THE DARK SIDE OF THE DENIM INDUSTRY This BLUE CAST Episode, Michael Kininmonth talks with award winning Director/Producer Roger Williams.  Roger Williams, a veteran Canadian filmmaker, took his camera to some the most wretched and despoiled areas of the global denim manufacturing industry. —China, Bangladesh, India and Indonesia. Williams, was the film’s executive p...

BLUE CAST Ep3 - Tracey + Michael THE ROOTS OF THE DENIM INDUSTRY THROUGH THE EYES OF THE LEVI STRAUSS ARCHIVE This BLUE CAST Episode, Michael Kininmonth talks Historian at Levi Strauss & Co. Tracey Panek.  In this episode, we speak with someone who has a job that most of us could only dream of: Tracey Panek, Levi Strauss & Co.’s historian. Listen to Tracey share how one of the best parts o...