Upcycling in the textiles/fashion industry
From: http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wearable-art-upcycled-tags-jacket
From: http://www.loveworn.net/products/
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From: http://www.ecouterre.com/central-st-martins-student-wins-estethicaveolia-award-for-best-upcycled-collection/
From: http://www.loveworn.net/products/
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From: https://www.etsy.com/au
From: https://www.etsy.com/listing/245917275/custom-order-example-upcycled-clothing?ref=teams_post
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Why upcycle textiles?The point of upcycling textiles and fashion is for "the reduction of landfill mass with its associated materials waste and emission burden, as well as the slowing down of unnecessary virgin textile production by the effective recovery and recycling of textile and fashion waste"
- Orsola de Castro Visit: Zero Waste Scotland |
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What is Upcycling?
"Upcycling is a way of processing an item to make it better than the original. In the example of clothing, this is often taking something that doesn’t fit or is stained/torn and refashioning a wearable product from it." - Beth Stewart
Read about Beth's views regarding the difference between upcycled and recycled clothes, and why the latter may not be as good as it appears to be.
Read about Beth's views regarding the difference between upcycled and recycled clothes, and why the latter may not be as good as it appears to be.
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"Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new products of a higher environmental value... This trend is a product of the recession, but is further is buoyed by the current movement towards sustainable thinking."
- FluxTrends, with Dion Chang |
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Some websites to visit for your investigation:
From: http://www.londonw11.com/blog/recycled-fashion-upcycled-fashion-latest-trashion/
