Garimpo+Fuxique: Repurposed Fabrics Furniture, Clothes and Accessories
by Paula Alvarado, Buenos Aires on 07.15.08
Garimpo+Fuxique is the combination of a clothing and deco shops in Sao Paulo, Brazil, both centered on the idea of fabrics repurposing.
Garimpo stands for the decoration part of the shop, which hosts refurbished chairs, bed clothes, pillows, lighting accessories and even beach-ware such as umbrellas and bikinis. The style of the shop is defined by its hosts as a combination of extremes: romantic and modern, chic and popular, simple and luxurious, new and old. Fuxique is the clothing brand, which offers a whole line of garments, bags, accessories and necessaires. The clothes are produced with rare vintage pieces of fabric, some over 50 years old.
Even though not based in a new idea, this shop's great looking creations show how good repurposing can look when done right. Check many more pics in the extended.
Apart from contributing with waste reduction with their repurposing, Garimpo+Fuxique has now adopted a new challenge: Zero Carbon Emissions. According to their website, the brand is working with The Green Initiative to plant trees from species native of Mata Atlantica in a degraded area of Sao Paulo.
Garimpo is designed by a group of creators that include: Bianca Barbato, Calu Fontes, Dormirpradespertar, Felipe Morozini, Odalisca, and Rodrigo Bueno. Fuxique has its own line and the help of a group of stylists called Amonstro, Ash, Daniella Zylbersztajn, Dieego, A figurinista, Muggia, Pat Falcão and Xaa.
Links:
Garimpo+Fuxique
Via Design Natural
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They have a good concept going. Now if only they actually had the talent in design and fashion to go along with it...
These photos took me to katmandu, Nepal a place I enjoy very much.
I love the cushions, for me they are excelente pieces of modern furniture
Those fabrics are fabulous :)
It is a shame they charge those crazy prices... It is, in fact, a bit outraging considering the shop owner got all the old fabrics that were getting mold at her grandfather's fabrics shop. Being a brazilian I dont want to trash the few initiatives we see, but that is definetly not a green one. The shop opened before the " green wave", when everything vintage was considered uber cool. They never treated their products in a green conscious way and the "zero carbon" thing seems to be another trendy move...
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NOTE FROM WRITER:
Hi Camila, I don't know about the prices, but vintage, even when not promoted as green, is one of the greenest alternatives to clothing. So even though they now jumped on the green wave I give them credit even just for doing vintage. Better yet if those fabrics were taken out of the mold.