Tag: Recycled Fashion
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Stay Gold Mary Rose: Gorgeous bracelets made from recycled vintage teacups
Delicate and refined, this collection of jewelry is made with repurposed vintage bone china.
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Upcycled quirk: Bow ties crafted with LEGOs & Scrabble pieces
Certainly not made for the humorless, these fantastically geeky bow ties out of New York City are gaining attention.
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Bride marries in $36 wedding dress made of upcycled bread bag clips
How one woman saved money and found a way to recycle a huge collection of plastic bread bag clips.
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Geometric chic: Re Rag Rugs made from recycled textiles
Using a variety of recycled textiles and techniques, this duo of Swedish designers are re-interpreting the humble rag rug into a chic, new shapes.
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Intricate Designer Dresses Made from Thousands of Recycled Rubber Bands
Mundane office knick knacks are recycled into these rubbery but stylish ensembles.
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Bicycling Outfits That are Organic, Reycled and Fair Trade: What More Could You Want?
These cycling clothes are organic, fair trade and recycled--and good looking too.
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Zurich Fashion Label Invents Construction-Site Chic
Inspired by the neon safety vests worn by workers at construction sites, a new Swiss design label is taking the highly reflective material and trying to turn it into something that cyclists and other urban dwellers just might actually wear.
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Patagonia Reminds Us: Don't Buy What You Don't Need
Here's a friendly Cyber Monday reminder from our friends at Patagonia. Stand with them and take their Common Threads Initiative pledge!
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Use a Bicycle Wheel to Unravel Old Sweaters Back into Yarn
Here's a way to recycle old sweaters into something new--using a bicycle wheel and a kettle.
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Redefine Luxury: Bright Buttons & Buckles Made Out of Wasted Food
Tackling the problem of waste in both the food and fashion industry, this designer creates unique buckles and buttons with wasted food.
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Estethica at London Fashion Week has a Colourful and International Flavour
Forget about the little black dress, Estethica has a bright and colourful vibe this London Fashion Week.
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Reconstructed Body Suits, Upcycled Leggings, and More at Hong Kong Fashion Week
The fashion event's EcoChic Design Awards inspire Asia’s emerging fashion talent to create with minimal textile waste.
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Cool New Recycled Flip-Flops Tap Age-Old Technique
Fresh Cargo's new fair-trade Maasai Treads line combines locally sourced and recycled materials with indigenous sandal-making skills to create footwear that make a stylish, sustainable statement.
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New Shwopping Campaign at Marks & Spencer to Recycle Clothes and Save Landfills
Shopping plus swapping equals shwopping, sort of. Donate old clothes and help OXFAM and landfill sites.
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Fashion Can Be an Influence in Environmental Change
Tossing something in a recycling bin or using that bag over and over isn't always the answer.
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Berlin Holds World's First ShirtMob to Trade T-Shirts and Memories
"Clueless by-passers will be surprised when all those people will start swapping their shirts at the same time."
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Recycle Old Jeans into a Garden Apron. No Sewing Required.
From composting to planting, the garden can be a messy place. This simple, DIY project can help keep you clean, and gives you somewhere to stash those seed packets too.
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10,000 Old T-Shirts, Transformed to T-Skirts
Jenny Jo re-uses soft, used t-shirts to make skirts and other kid's and adult apparel. She just needs a bigger chunk of change to free the old shirts from their waste prison.
