Kuroki 5560 Nishiebara-Cho Ibara-Shi Okayama Japan 0866-63-1234

Trends: Lame woven with cotton, Vajra slub denim, color woven denim in soft colors and textural denim.

Weights: 10-11 oz

Washing and Finishing: Light wash, resin, over dye, transparent finish.

Weaves: 3 by 1 and a little 1 by 1 New Technologies Vegetable dye, rope dye and using Morhotex.

Customers: D & G, Stella McCartney, Martin Margelia, Diesel, Armani.

What's Big: Selvedge is very important for men’s denim; Eco denim's moving in to more use in color weaves.

Legler Via San Clemente, 53 24036 Ponts. Pietro Italy 0039-035-609-003

Trends Heavy weights, dark blues pure indigo over dye, flat fabric, polyester fiber, clean stretch, clean aspect, color denim weft dyed in yearn.

Weights 12 oz

Washing & Finishing Italian laundry washing with resin, vintage washing

Weaves 3 by 1, 3 by 3 broken weaves,

New Technologies Coated finish on denim with transparent resin to create leather effect.

Customers Max Mara, Seven, and DDC Lab.

What's Big Karma Fabric traditional tribe fabric, color denim yarn dyed.

LGM DENIM Via Vittorio Emmanuelle 11, 98 24036 Ponte S. pietro Italy 0039-03-56-01-51-23

Trends New vintage fabrics, taking fabrics from past, aggressive wash treatments, pure indigo with green shades. Not too much of a weft effect that is mechanical. LGM is more in tune with natural construction.

Weights Stretch, 10 1/2 oz - 11 oz, Rigid, 11-12 oz

Washing & Finishing Aggressive washing with natural effects key for this season, indigo coating in different shades.

Weaves 3 by 1

New Technologies Indigo coating, thin surface of Indigo applied to flat fabric.

Novelty XLA fiber, a Lycra that resists bleach, garment doesn't change size even after several washes.

Customers Pepe, jeans, Max Mara, Miss Sixty

What's Big Eco developments in yarn and dye clean finishing.

Olimpias Via delle Tezze, 1 3150 Ponzano Treviso Italy 0039-045-61-36-000

Trends Over line process in construction weaving effect, bleaching effects mixed with sand blasting, weaving with wool to give soft handle.

Weights 9 oz - 11 oz

Washing and Finishing Dirty washing using sand, super stone washing, used wash, resin finish.

Weaves 2 by 1

New Technologies Laser printing, and traditional weaving techniques to give reliability to denim.

Novelty Using wool mix and Canapa mixture of Cinne Cotton, using multiple washes at once to give interesting effects and dip-dyed denim.

Customers Hugo Boss, Kenzo, Next, Marks & Spencer's.

What's Big Yarn dye constructions, and vegetable dyes.

R.S.P.51 SpA Colonia Prat, 08692 Puig-Reig Barcelona Spain 0034-93-838-15-22

Trends Light tones with dark mercerized finishing & resin finishing with acrylic, greats very shiny finishing.

Weights 7 1/2 oz - 11 oz a small percentage at 12 oz.

Washing and Finishing Stone washing, Sandblasting, aggressive washing, bleaching &resin with color.

Weaves 2/1, 3/1, a small percentage 1/1.

Customers Mango, Zara, H&M,

New Technologies Very fast weaving machines, special finishing machine that mixes and spreads