Jeansland Podcast

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  Ep. 90: Cotton, Polyester, and the Stories We Tell with Terry Townsend 14.10.2026 59p

  What if some of the things we think we know about cotton aren’t quite what we’ve been told? In Episode 90, Andrew welcomes Terry Townsend into his Houston home for a rare in-person episode of Jeansland. And when you put two people with decades of experience in the cotton industry together, there’s plenty to talk about. Terry is an agricultural economist who spent 27 years with the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), including 15 years as its executive director. A former USDA cotto...
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  Ep. 89 — REVISITED: Adriano Goldschmied Part 1 - “The Godfather of Denim” - Founder and Designer, Genious Group, House of Gold, Daily Blue Denim 07.10.2026 26p

  What does the future of denim look like through the eyes of someone who spent a lifetime helping shape it? In this revisited episode, Andrew sits down with Adriano Goldschmied, the legendary designer, entrepreneur and innovator known throughout the industry as the “Godfather of Denim.” Their discussion moves quickly from the state of the denim business to a much bigger question: where does it go next? Adriano talks candidly about too many mills chasing too little demand, relentless pressure o...
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  Ep. 88: Can We Fix the Global Supply Chain? with Auret van Heerden 30.09.2026 1ó 1p

  For decades, the fashion industry has been auditing its supply chain. So why are so many of the same problems still there? Twenty-one years ago, a jeans factory Andrew was working for faced allegations of serious labor abuses. Orders were disappearing, the accusations were mounting, and he didn’t know what to do. He reached out to Auret van Heerden at the Fair Labor Association in Geneva. That meeting changed Andrew’s life. In Episode 88, they meet again. Auret’s extraordinary career stretche...
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  Ep. 87: PETA, Wool, and the Protest That Went Viral 23.09.2026 6p

  Usually, there isn’t much to laugh about in our industry. But on September 13, funny arrived at New York Fashion Week. A PETA protest disrupted the COS runway show. CFDA CEO Steven Kolb stepped in, things got physical, the video went viral, and five days later Kolb resigned. But that’s really where this episode begins. In Episode 87 of Andrew’s Take, he looks beyond the spectacle to what PETA was actually asking for. PETA was there protesting the treatment of sheep in the wool industry. There...
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  Ep. 86: The Afterlife of Our Clothes with Jennifer Wright 16.09.2026 52p

  What actually happens when an old pair of jeans goes into a collection bin? In Episode 86, Andrew is joined by Jennifer Wright, professor and researcher at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, whose work explores what really happens to textile waste after we’re finished with it. Jennifer takes Andrew through the surprisingly complicated journey of discarded clothing, from sorting and resale to overseas markets, recycling, and the growing challenge of garments that have become increasingly dif...
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  Ep. 85: What Eco-Grazing Teaches Us About Innovation 09.09.2026 4p

  My daughter introduced me to a company in New Jersey with an unusual kind of employee. It works outdoors, eats continuously, and never reads a sustainability report. It’s a goat. Across the U.S. and Europe, goats and sheep are being put to work clearing invasive plants, managing difficult terrain, and even helping create natural firebreaks. No herbicides. No heavy machinery. And what they eat comes out the other end as fertilizer. Of course, natural doesn’t automatically mean environmentally ...
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  Ep. 84: Better Design Starts with How It’s Made with Angie Furlong 02.09.2026 50p

  Angie Furlong has spent more than four decades designing clothes, building teams, traveling the world, and learning the industry from the inside out. Some things in fashion can only be learned by understanding how they’re made. In Episode 84, Andrew is joined by designer and creative director Angie Furlong, whose career has taken her from Guess and Esprit to Lucky Brand, J Brand, True Religion, Sundance, and beyond. Angie came into denim at a remarkable moment. At Guess, she learned by workin...
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  Ep. 83: Do You Understand the Game? 26.08.2026 6p

  I read an article about basketball this weekend that made me think about denim. Strange, I know. The argument was simple: we’re seeing more basketball and understanding less of it. Highlights, hot takes, 30-second explanations. Why understand the game when somebody can just tell you who won? I think our industry has developed the same problem. We talk constantly about sustainability, circularity, regenerative agriculture, transparency, regulations, cotton, polyester, indigo. We publish enormo...
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  Ep. 82 — REVISITED: What if Sustainability Was the Standard? with Roian Atwood 19.08.2026 33p

  What if sustainability wasn’t a competitive edge, but the baseline for the entire denim industry? In this revisited conversation, Andrew sits down with sustainability expert Roian Atwood to look at what real progress in denim actually requires. A former Global Sustainability Director for Wrangler and Lee Jeans, Roian spent more than 15 years in the apparel industry developing and implementing sustainable technologies. He takes Andrew inside the development of Indigood, including the work that...
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  Ep. 81: Do We Need Another Denim Mill? 12.08.2026 5p

  Kingpins New York left me with a question: how many denim mills does the world actually need? Some longtime mills may be fighting for their future, while new mills keep entering an already crowded, increasingly price-driven market. Walking the show, I kept wondering what a new denim mill can offer that somebody, somewhere, isn’t already doing. My bigger takeaway goes beyond denim. With Kingpins leaving New York for its next show, I think it may be time for the textile trade shows to stop oper...
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  Ep 80: The Art and Science of Pattern Making with Alessio Berto 05.08.2026 46p

  A great garment begins long before it reaches a sewing machine. In Episode 80, Andrew sits down with Alessio Berto, founder of The Tailor Pattern Support and one of Italy’s most experienced pattern designers. Over nearly four decades, Alessio has worked across denim, menswear, sportswear, teaching, and product development for brands including Replay, Jean Paul Gaultier, DKNY Jeans, Diesel Denim Gallery, Sport Chanel, Katharine Hamnett, and Boy London. The conversation begins outside Venice, w...
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  Ep. 79: Modern Slavery Is Closer Than We Think 29.07.2026 4p

  Nearly 50 million people worldwide are estimated to be living in modern slavery. When I first read that number, I was shocked. It sounded almost too large to believe, so I decided to look into where it came from, who was behind it, and what modern slavery actually includes. What I found is that this is not simply a problem of poor countries, distant factories, or one particular industry. It exists in rich countries and poor countries, democracies and dictatorships, including the United States...
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  Ep. 78: Japanese Denim—Past and Future with Bobby Tohma 22.07.2026 38p

  Japanese denim is admired for its quality, craftsmanship, and the extraordinary care behind how it is made. In Episode 78, Andrew sits down with Bobby Tohma, owner of Amhot Holdings and Idea Blue in Osaka. Andrew has known Bobby for more than four decades, and Bobby has spent nearly his entire career in the Japanese textile business, working across fabric export, trading, mills, weavers, and denim. The conversation begins with Japan at its economic peak, when textiles were everywhere, exports...
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  Ep 77: Can AI Grow Better Cotton? with Brendan Collins & Tricia Carey 15.07.2026 41p

  For decades, developing new crop varieties has been slow, expensive, and full of trade-offs. Avalo believes better genetics, better data, and artificial intelligence can change that. In Episode 77, Andrew sits down with Brendan Collins, Co-Founder and CEO of Avalo, and Tricia Carey, Avalo’s Chief Commercial Officer and one of the textile industry’s most respected voices on fiber innovation and sustainable supply chains. Together, they look at how new approaches to crop development could creat...
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  Ep 76—FRESH BLOOD, Part 8: Questioning the Process with Sean Vossen 08.07.2026 43p

  FRESH BLOOD continues with Part 8, featuring Sean Vossen, who works with Frontline in Hong Kong. Sean grew up between Hong Kong and Milan, surrounded by the apparel business, but chose to explore other industries before joining the family trade. Today, he brings a fresh perspective to the supply chain, combining curiosity with a willingness to question how things have always been done. Andrew and Sean talk about factories, product development, AI, sustainability, and why young people entering...
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  Ep 75: Building a Life Around Denim with Beau Lawrence 01.07.2026 45p

  Beau Lawrence built his career by following the work, then building a life around it. In Episode 75, Andrew sits down with Beau Lawrence, founder of Ace Rivington, to talk about denim, entrepreneurship, retail, Santa Barbara, and what it takes to build a business that can actually support the life you want. The conversation starts in Nashville, moves through Los Angeles, design school, Guess, The Territory Ahead, Union, and back again to Guess, where Beau helped shape men’s jeanswear during o...
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  Ep 74: The Future of Traceable Cotton with Imran Asghar 24.06.2026 43p

  Pakistan’s cotton crop is recovering. But that is only part of the story. In Episode 74, Andrew sits down again with Imran Asghar, Head of Asia Pacific at FibreTrace, to discuss cotton, traceability, sustainability, and the growing pressure to prove where products actually come from. FibreTrace uses physical tracers and real-time scanning to help verify fiber movement through the supply chain. The discussion begins in Pakistan, where cotton acreage is expanding after several difficult years. ...
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  Ep 73—FRESH BLOOD, Part 7: From Upcycling to Opportunity with Landon Williams 17.06.2026 37p

  FRESH BLOOD is about renewal. Every industry either regenerates itself or slowly hardens. In this Jeansland series, Andrew steps back to listen to the next generation already working inside denim’s supply chain, upstream in fibers, sourcing platforms, laundries, and raw materials. In Part 7 of the series, Andrew sits down with Landon Williams, denim designer, artist, and founder of Nolia James. Landon grew up in Mississippi, surrounded by generations of makers, repairers, and creatives. What ...
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  Ep 72: The End of the Everlane Experiment 10.06.2026 5p

  In Episode 72’s Andrew’s Take, Andrew reflects on the sale of Everlane, one of the most visible transparency-focused brands of the last fifteen years. For years, Everlane tried to bring sourcing, factories, pricing, and production into the consumer conversation. Whether you agreed with everything the company did or not, it stood apart from most apparel brands by making transparency part of its identity. The discussion looks at what the sale might tell us about sustainability, consumer behav...
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  Ep 71: Designing Denim Through Change with Lucia Rosin 03.06.2026 47p

  Some people enter denim through fashion. Lucia Rosin came to it through patternmaking, textiles, and the discipline of building a garment from the inside out. In Episode 71, Andrew sits down with Lucia Rosin, founder of MEIDEA, to talk about craft, sustainability, education, and the long path from technical knowledge to industry perspective. The conversation begins in Veneto, where Lucia grew up in a farming family outside Treviso. From there, it moves through technical fashion school, earl...