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I don't know if this is the right place to put this thread, but I thought it was just interesting that there are now designers using items from vintage/secondhand shops to create new clothes for their labels.
There is one in Canada called Preloved, and they have three collections:
1 - "Preloved", which takes vintage clothing and alters it in some way to make a new garment (maybe cut it and combine with another shirt or add some kind of embellishment).
2 - "Handcut", which uses an actual vintage fabric (rather than a piece of already-made clothing).
3 - "B Loved", which uses new fabrics. This one is not vintage obviously.
There is a lot more information at their website.
Here are some photos from there too. They are maybe not the best samples...
You can also watch a video from a TV fashion magazine in Canada, Fashion File. They take you inside the shop/studio and show you what kinds of things they do. Here's the link--it's the 6th video link from the top.
I think that the label Libertine also does this same thing. I saw them on tv, saying that they don't know how to construct clothing from scratch, but they send pieces to eachother (one designer in L.A., the other in NY) and alter/embellish it till they are satisfied with the product. If anyone has a link to where I can read about their biography (I wonder if they are self-taught designers), please tell me!
This whole thing that these designers are doing makes me think of environmentalism and recycling!
Also: if anyone knows of other designers that do the same thing, please comment and tell us who it is!!!!
There is one in Canada called Preloved, and they have three collections:
1 - "Preloved", which takes vintage clothing and alters it in some way to make a new garment (maybe cut it and combine with another shirt or add some kind of embellishment).
2 - "Handcut", which uses an actual vintage fabric (rather than a piece of already-made clothing).
3 - "B Loved", which uses new fabrics. This one is not vintage obviously.
There is a lot more information at their website.
Here are some photos from there too. They are maybe not the best samples...
You can also watch a video from a TV fashion magazine in Canada, Fashion File. They take you inside the shop/studio and show you what kinds of things they do. Here's the link--it's the 6th video link from the top.
I think that the label Libertine also does this same thing. I saw them on tv, saying that they don't know how to construct clothing from scratch, but they send pieces to eachother (one designer in L.A., the other in NY) and alter/embellish it till they are satisfied with the product. If anyone has a link to where I can read about their biography (I wonder if they are self-taught designers), please tell me!
This whole thing that these designers are doing makes me think of environmentalism and recycling!
Also: if anyone knows of other designers that do the same thing, please comment and tell us who it is!!!!
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that would be interesting!
So far I think Libertine has created the clothing most different from the original fabrics/clothings. I'll check Martin Margiela's collections now.
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