DENIM TALKS: Episode 6, Featuring Shannon Mercer and Andrew Olah

Kingpins Founder Andrew Olah recently talked with Shannon Mercer, CEO of FibreTrace, to discuss traceability tools to help brands gain insight into where their materials are coming from, as well as the role of consumer influence and compliance with international legislation aimed at ensuring responsible sourcing. LISTEN HERE (it’s a short 12 minute easy listen).

HEDDELS BLOWOUT:

As consumers, we have the tiniest window into how the products we use are made. Maybe you get a single country of origin or the fiber content, but that hides the many other chemicals, countries, and suppliers that contributed to its production. Andrew Olah has been in the upstream world of denim and clothing production for nearly 50 years and has run the Kingpins Show, one of the biggest markets and informational resources for denim and jeans manufacturers, since 2004.

We talk with Andrew about everything from his early days in the denim business, how to run a trade show during a pandemic, and how clothing manufacturing can actually become sustainable in the future. LISTEN HERE

The Indigood Podcast

Presented by Kingpins and Lee®, The Indigood™ Podcast celebrates everything good happening in denim. Host Roian Atwood explores denim sustainability – from the cotton field to the consumer – with industry leaders, non-profit experts, and apparel’s most creative innovators.

Check out the Indigood episode here.

DENIM TALKS: Episode 5, Featuring Roian Atwood and Andrew Olah

In Episode One of Lee Indigood, host Roian Atwood and Kingpins founder, Andrew Olah, explore each step of the denim supply chain, discussing the sustainability challenges and potential opportunities to make denim better for the world, better for the environment and better for you.

Denim Talks is a podcast from Kingpins exploring the people and ideas that shape denim.

DENIM TALKS: Episode 4, Featuring Abrima Erwiah of Studio 189

We sat down with Abrima Erwiah to hear the story behind Studio 189 and to discuss the company’s sustainable mission.

Denim Talks is a podcast from Kingpins exploring the people and ideas that shape denim.

DENIM TALKS: Episode 3, Featuring Sanjeev Bahl

Sanjeev Bahl was operating his denim business like a conventional factory, when he decided, in 2010 to “reset” the business with a goal of creating a company that makes a positive impact that could lead to a model of prosperity. To do that, he decided to take 0.1% of top-line revenue and invest in programs to alleviate hunger and poverty.

Denim Talks is a podcast from Kingpins exploring the people and ideas that shape denim.

DENIM TALKS: Episode 2, Featuring Paul Guez

Paul Guez talks with Alison and Erin about the early days of designer denim, how he introduced French-style jeans to the U.S. market and that time he got Elton John to rewrite a song for him. Click through for more archival videos and images from designer denim’s golden age.

Denim Talks is a podcast from Kingpins exploring the people and ideas that shape denim.

DENIM TALKS: Episode 1, Featuring Andrew Olah

For the launch of Denim Talks, the podcast from Kingpins, we sit down with Kingpins founder Andrew Olah to talk about key issues affecting the denim business, how the Kingpins show got started and roots of Olah’s lifelong love affair with denim.

Denim Talks is a podcast from Kingpins exploring the people and ideas that shape denim.