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Football and upcycling: a young designer in France turns shirts into corsets

Paris - At 19, from her bedroom workshop in the Paris suburbs, she is giving old football shirts a second life by transforming them into corsets, a colourful, ethical and eco-friendly concept that has caught the eye of a Parisian fashion mogul in the run-up to the World Cup. "I do everything myself, from collecting the jerseys to designing and...

Nov 17, 2022

Business

Sustainability round-up October 2022

Much was happening in October in terms of sustainable efforts in the textile and apparel industry -- from regenerative cotton farming for denim and more sustainable materials to circular approaches. A new report revailed that the resale market tripled in just two years and an international sustainable design project brought together different...

Nov 11, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures

Rave Review unveils collection made out of scrapped car parts

Swedish upcycling fashion brand Rave Review, founded by design duo Josephine Bergqvist and Livia Schück, has collaborated with Czech car manufacturer Škoda on an exclusive clothing collection partly made from scrapped cars. Inspired by the great outdoors, Rave Review reused car seats, seat belts, and fabrics from vintage kilts and blankets to...

Oct 25, 2022

Business

Project TexCircle upcycles old textiles into new clothes and accessories

Together with spinning machine maker Rieter, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and partners from the public sector, brands and retailers, circular service specialist Texaid completed the Swiss textile recycling project “Texcircle”. The result is a range of product prototypes from sweaters, socks and curtains to carpets, upholstery...

Oct 21, 2022

Fashion Featured

Sustainable label Rentrayage wants to make fashion whole again

Rentrayage is a sustainable fashion label based in New York City. Inspired by French-American artist Louise Bourgeois, Rentrayage is a French word meaning “to mend” and to “make whole again“. Accordingly, the label brings old clothes, vintage fabrics and deadstock back to life. In an email interview with FashionUnited, founder Erin Beautty...

Sep 5, 2022

Fashion

From upcycled plastic to virtual clothing: The 5 Best Technologies Leading Textile Innovation to Fashion Industry

The fashion industry has always been at the forefront of innovation. Textile technologies and textile innovations, as part of it, is growing at a rapid pace. When it comes to fashion innovation, the industry is future-driven and consumer-focused regarding the way our clothing and accessories are designed, manufactured, distributed and marketed...

Jul 15, 2022

Schools

Istituto Marangoni Florence collaborates with Fendi

Istituto Marangoni Florence has collaborated with Italian luxury fashion house Fendi for a new project to recover materials used in the brand’s window installations. Several students from courses including fashion design, multimedia art and textile innovation have been selected for the project. The students will be under the mentorship of New...

May 19, 2022

News

Marbella Design Academy partners with Cudeca to upcycle fabrics

Marbella Design Academy has partnered with the charitable organisation Cudeca Hospice-Fundación Cudeca Cuidados Paliativos in Málaga, Spain, to create and donate upcycled garments to be donated in support of this charity. The garments were created using second-hand clothing and fabrics that have been donated to the charity; the pieces were...

May 6, 2022

Fashion

by-bar: connecting all the happiness

It all started with two b's. by-bar is launching its new logo this season: The symbol of luck, namely the four-leaf clover, where the 4 leaves are fused into two b's. It embraces the symbol of happiness and represents where it all originated, with a nod to the two b's. From 2015 by-bar started with the 'lucky print'. This print was applied to...

Mar 4, 2022

Schools

EASD Valencia students present upcycled fashion show

Last month, a group of fashion design students of the Valencia Design School (EASD) showed their creations in the school’s Crazy Design Performance Fashion Show. The Crazy Design Performance Fashion Show, was part of the Spanish course Designing Performances at EASD. Students from the academic year 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 participated in the...

Dec 15, 2021

Culture

MCM launches global upcycling project with emerging artists

In celebration of its 45th anniversary, accessory label MCM has collaborated with five British-based emerging artists on projects that explore design and narratives of identity and youth culture. The multi-disciplinary project challenged the artists to reinvent and upcycle MCM’s signature Cognac Visetos Stark backpack, while also asking them to...

Dec 2, 2021

Fashion

The RealReal launches upcycled ReCollection 02

Online luxury marketplace The RealReal has launched an upcycled collection in collaboration with Circular ReSource Lab, dubbed the ReCollection 02. The 64 piece line features one-of-a-kind women’s ready-to-wear and accessories upcycled from luxury items as part of its ongoing ReCollection programme, created to put damaged garments back into...

Nov 25, 2021