Redesigned vintage (secondhand) clothing labels

[marisaidwhat]

i love reconstructed vintage. even the simplest of designs look unique. those preloved designs look awesome. great thread topic, gius. i'm going to check out martin margiela now.

 

[Scott]

Estella,the t's with the deer and Bambi!

gius,I got it. I'll mail you back soon!

Here's some more gorgeous stuff recycled from second-hand-
Desiree Klein who designs the label kleincorpse in Berlin

the cut

renaissanced

sweaters + jackets

http://www.kleincorpse.com

 

[rui]

a few glimpses into the world of This Old Thing?

 

[marisaidwhat]

superluckycat.com is a reconstructed vintage label, too. i've seen some of their stuff in hot topic and nordstrom.

 

[eugenius]

Jackets made of sandal straps! Shirts made of bottlecaps and beads!
Even more interesting/odd than what I was expecting

and vests made out of wigs turned inside-out!

 

[djork]

libertine is a crock of overpriced sh*t.

 

[Whitelinen]

I've never been very excited about these kind of things...everything I've seen has been messy and boring.

 

[gius]

I really like your selection of images, Estella Mare... maybe we have similar tastes

I like The Cut from your post, Scott. It's an interesting way to make a textile pattern



Do any of you do this with clothing too?

 

[gius]

I've never been very excited about these kind of things...everything I've seen has been messy and boring.

How would you rather have it? Give us some examples
There is always something nice to find if you keep looking. People doing this use different methods and styles. I agree some of the clothing aren't made into "new" products--they just look like pieces of different clothing put back together (so it ends up looking like badly designed patchwork) or with simple screenprinting, like in Libertine. Some...

 

[gius]

that's a beautiful rug, gius, so much work in it...

The green pieces in the rug are pieces of her mother's tights




And here's a link to a bag designer doing the same thing as the others in the thread
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f60/eric-beauduin-42200.html