Blue cotton has been genetically engineered by Monsanto Co. The development is aimed at revolutionizing the jeans market, worth more than $10 billion/year in the United States and more than 800 million pounds in Great Britain. Monsanto's scientists are understood to have transferred a gene from a plant with a blue flower into a cotton plant, producing a bud that is bright blue instead of white. Monsanto claims that naturally colored fiber could do away with the pollution caused by large amounts of dye and chemicals used in the manufacture of blue denim. The cotton is scheduled to be commercially available in 2005. It has been grown in growth chambers and greenhouses in Monsanto's research laboratories in Saint Louis, Missouri and Davis, California.

Eco-Denim: Can Jeans Save the Earth? Thiry, Maria C. // AATCC Review;Sep2009, Vol. 9 Issue 9, p24 The article offers tips on a sustainable process of making denim jeans. DyStar Denim marketing and sales director Alexander Bock notes a risk that can be posed by indigo dye, that is used to make jeans blue, to people and the environment. Landegent Clothing designer and principal Andriana...

MELTIN' POT LAUNCHES ORGANIC DENIM. Colavita, Courtney // DNR: Daily News Record;3/5/2007, Vol. 37 Issue 10, p5 The article discusses the new line of denim, called Redux, from Meltin' Pot. The line features classic five-pocket organic jeans and jackets. Every process of production is completely natural, from the woven cotton and the vegetable indigo dyes to the yogurt and earth washes. Redux's...

Dyeing; printing; finishing. // Colourage;Sep99, Vol. 46 Issue 9, p46 Presents the abstract of the paper "Dyeing of cotton fibres with disperse dyes in supercritical carbon dioxide," by A.S. Ozcan, A.A. Clifford, et al published in the 1998 issue of the periodical "Dyes and Pigments,".

Garment processing: abstracts from other journals. Malanker, Jayesh V. // Colourage;Sep99, Vol. 46 Issue 9, p35 Presents the abstract of the paper "Blue jeans," published in the 1996 issue of the periodical "Achitex Spa Tinctoria,".

Pretreatment of cotton to enhance its dyeability - Part 2: Direct dyes. // Colourage;May2001, Vol. 48 Issue 5, p55 Discusses the abstract of the research paper "Pretreatment of Cotton to Enhance its Dyeability - Part 2: Direct Dyes," by S.M. Burkinshaw et al and published in a 1999 issue of "Dyes and Pigments".

Reduction of electrolyte requirements in dyeing cotton with fibre-reactive dyes. // Colourage;Apr97, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p38 Presents the abstract of a study on the reduction of electrolyte requirements in dyeing cotton with fiber-reactive dyes, published in the 1996 edition of the "IFATCC Congress Book of Papers".

Adam's DENIM CARE TIPS. Glassman, Adam // O, The Oprah Magazine;Aug2019, p45 The article offers tips for taking care of denims including using cold water for washing jeans, use of white vinegar for setting the dye, and putting them in dryer for a certain period of time.

Effect of ternary mixtures of reactive dyes on UV-protection ability of colored cotton fabrics. Rosinskaya, Ceciliya; Djani, M.; Kizil, Z.; Weinberg, A. // Melliand International;May2005, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p137 This article presents a study, which aims to determine the effect of properties, concentration and ratio of the dyes in the ternary mixtures on the ultraviolet-protection ability of the dyed cotton fabrics. The experiment included two stages, which include the dyeing with the chosen reactive...