Arvind Unveils Indigo Art Museum At Kingpins Show Amsterdam
Arvind Ltd will unveil the Indigo Art Museum, dedicated to the indigo dye at the prestigious Kingpins Show in Amsterdam which starts from April 24.
The Indigo Art Museum is a groundbreaking institution dedicated to exploring the rich history, artistic expression, and diverse applications of indigo.
By partnering with Kingpins in Amsterdam, a hub for denim enthusiasts, Arvind offers a unique opportunity for the global denim community to experience the magic of indigo firsthand through the Museum.
Noted artist Amit Ambalal created the special museum piece ‘Birds of a Feather Flock Together’ made with wire mesh, fabric, resin and indigo for the museum.
The Kingpins Show will host about 100 exhibitors including denim weavers, garment manufacturers, chemical specialists and other denim insider companies.
This year, Kingpins Shows, the upon-invitation denim trade show, is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a specialised US trade show and its 10th anniversary as its European edition in Amsterdam.
For the occasion, the show will celebrate this milestone year with a series of new initiatives, programs, seminars and events.
At the end of the first day of the show, starting at 5 PM, a celebration happy hour powered by The Lycra Brand will kick off celebrations of this dual anniversary that will continue later this year.
Several new additions will debut for this edition of the show, which includes ‘The Gallery’ which is a new materials trend space featuring the very best fabrics and trims from show exhibitors.
The installation is designed to spark creativity and imagination and provide a starting place for attendees to explore new mill and trim products.
Fabric suppliers will showcase a few of their best fabrics among different categories including manmade, natural, performance and recycled.
Swatches will be displayed in an installation that lets visitors touch and feel the fabric to get a sense of the beauty of the textile.
Trim suppliers will display some of their most-iconic products in mood board vignettes or as inventive wearable pieces in a shadow box installation.
Expanding on a panel discussion held at the New York show in January, Kingpins will launch the Future Fits Forum led by Michelle Branch, founder of Markt & Twigs, which specialises in denim messaging.
This two-part initiative includes an installation in The Boxes, Kingpins’ trend and inspiration space, featuring custom garments that explore the evolution of denim fit.
The Future Fits Forum installation will be another new project held in collaboration with Creora that will feature physical garments created by six designers, as well as one digital piece created by an AI designer.
Each designer was given two pairs of vintage Levi’s 501 that were rescued from a landfill, as well as new denim fabric made with Creora’s bio-based stretch fibre.
The aim of the project is to encourage designers to take these sustainable materials made up of a mix of vintage and new, and use their expertise and imagination to envision the next generation of denim fits.
Among other projects, next Kingpins will present Most Sustainable Product, a project that will highlight the latest developments in sustainable materials and processes from Kingpins exhibitors.
Also on show will be One Denim, a diverse range of denim garments made from a single fabrication. One Denim was designed to demonstrate the breadth of designs that can be created from the same fabric.
On the second day of Kingpins Amsterdam, on April 25, a workshop organized by Transformers Foundation will take place inside the show location.
Topics of the discussion and networking moment will be new solutions and approaches to engage and lead the change for transforming the denim world.
The Kingpins Show features a selection of vendors that include denim and sportswear fabric mills from the US, Japan, China, India, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Thailand, Spain and Mexico.
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