Kingpins Amsterdam, the international denim trade show happening at Sugar Factory, in Amsterdam, on October 14-15, has announced some of the newest projects and initiatives planned for its upcoming edition.
While it will host more than 100 exhibitors, including mills, garment factories and suppliers under, along with installations and workshops will hist many new projects and initiatives.
Amsterdam will host the second event organised by Catalyst Club, a new community of people aimed at building a better future for fashion. The group kicked off in June 2026 with a dinner in Florence, Italy, hosted at the chemical specialist Soko’s headquarters where members of the fashion supply chain and brands met and discussed in a casual, intimate environment.
For the second edition, organizers partnered with Kingpins Shows to invite the denim community to be part of this initiative. The October 14 event will run from 6:30PM to 10PM at a venue not far from Kingpins Show. For the occasion they will offer cocktails and standing dinner, while hosting open round-table discussions in a dedicated room on topics central to the denim industry. Admission is upon registration, according to the location’s space.
Other events will include Cone Denim’s celebration of its 135th birthday with an installation of never-before-seen found garments at Kingpins Amsterdam. The project will tells the story of Cone, and focus on the importance of denim’s resistance to the passing of time.
Adriano Goldschmied’s daughters, Marta and Glenda—a.k.a. Gold Girls Co.—have joined forces with Officina39. They have organised a common project on developing and using new and unconventional treatments by using marble dust and scratch-and-win cards, to name a few.
Endrime’s Mohsin Sajid will release “Born to Fade: Raw to Washed,” a publication written by Zennure Danisman presenting 75 denim finishings.
As part of The Indigo Crayon Project, photographer and artist Jeroen van Kooten will present a project of creating a natural indigo crayon made with grinded pigments from a 17th-century Dutch windmill.
Dutch artist Nouch will team up with Stella Blu for a collab that plays with social construct.
Lil Denim Jean will present Charlie Arnott, a London-based, Central Saint Martins-trained designer who mines medieval garments and historical objects for inspiration, then reconstructs them through unexpected materials, silhouettes, and layering.