Posts Tagged: recycled

Featured Kickstarter – What Daisy Did

What Daisy Did is utilzing wasted military materials to create their new Wayfarer, a collection of bags produced by the Northampton Hope Centre, creating employment for homeless and vulnerable people in Northhampton.

Featured Collection – By Walid

Stunning new pieces from By Walid, hand crafted from vintage and ethnographic textiles, each one entirely unique.

Simona Lampe

Simona Lampe designs an upcycled womenswear collection as a means of spreading awareness about waste.

Tom of Holland

Tom of Holland’s wonderful website is a delight to slow fashion enthusiasts. His work is firmly embedded in contemplative contemplative tradition with a real focus on traditions of mending, repairing and hand knitting.

Mosevic

Mosevic transform discarded and damaged jeans into sunglasses. Working with reclaimed materials, Mosevic’s eyewear collection is produced from recycling jeans of all shapes, sizes, colors and textures.

Lovia

The fashion forward Lovia womenswear and accessories collection is produced in their atelier in Finland, from a broad range of materials including hemp, recycled fabric, organic bamboo, linen, silk, and a variety of leathers

Blackyoto

The Forward thinking brand Blackyoto was born out of upcycling iconic military surplus, overdyed at the finest traditional Japanese dyer, Kyoto’s Montsuki Co, with the blackest of black dyes, black oxide.

KUON

Challenging the existing notion on vintage clothing, KUON revitalizes traditional Japanese boro. “Boro” being worn and used textiles and old, torn, or patched clothing in Japan.

Re(fashion)er

Refashioner sell the best designers pieces and exceptional vintage pieces from private collections. Organized by owner, each collection comes complete with stories.

Greg Lauren

Greg Lauren’s eponymous collection of men’s and womenswear is made entirely from upcycled materials. With a focus on decommissioned military textiles.

Wintervacht

Wintervacht translated means winter fur, or winter coat, a fitting name for a brand that produces outerwear from recycled blankets.

Featured Kickstarter Campaign – Manakai

Manakai produce high-end, reversible swimwear made from recycled materials.