According to the data provided by Sistema Moda Italia after a year 2012 in which the Italian women’s fashion industry (understood as including fabric outerwear, knitwear, shirts, and leather apparel) substantially confirmed its results for 2011, in 2013 as well the sector turnover changed little with respect to the previous year
According to data cited by Levi's, it takes almost 5000 liters of water to produce a pair of jeans, while the C02 produced is 32.3 pounds, the equivalent of the carbon dioxide processed by 6 trees in one year. These data are particularly important because jeans are perhaps the most popular item of clothing in the world