Katie Jones spends as much as eighty hours working on a single jacket, Jones pieces together upcycled leather and denim to produce labor intensive, highly crafted fantasies of color.
The MILENA ZU collection combines colorful silk yarn, tiny crystals and metallic mesh, to produce a collection of fine jewelry entirely woven by hand.
Recycling and upcycling falls into two main categories: that which utilizes pre consumer waste - the waste produced through the manufacture of goods; and that which utilizes post consumer waste - waste that is produced through the disposal of manufactured goods.
SAVIA is a clothing and textile art project founded by sisters Fabiana and Patricia Persia. One of a group of seven designers based in Santiago, Chile, under the collaborative name of Moda Lenta de Chile, or Slow Fashion Chile.
Amanda Henderson is an independent knitwear designer working in Queens, New York, producing beautiful, considered hand knit designs.
Pitti Palacios produces a contemporary, artisanal women’s wear collection based around the Chilean tradition of textile heritage.