From high-vis to high fashion, Chloe Baines is designing a gender-fluid future
Whilst some are feeling the post-festival blues and hangovers, Chloe Baines is feeling her most creative and is transforming disused tents into a new collection that promotes sustainability.
For upcycle designer Nicole McLaughlin, the kitchen is her dressing room
From working with Carhartt and Patagonia, Nicole McLaughlin is the up-cycling designer turning fashion on its head, creating garments and accessories out of everything from bread and French fries to toothpaste, tennis balls, bags and more.
Maya Golyshkina’s papier-mache planet of bog roll bras and butt-naked Barbie miniskirts
In the space between childhood pop culture and arts-and-crafts class, you’ll find Maya Golyshkina’s imagination. The 19-year-old artist both makes and models her up-cycled fashion creations, the beauty and uniqueness of her designs even catching the eye of fashion icon and designer, Marc Jacobs.
Meet ‘imaginary stylist’ Clifford Jago, fashion’s very own Banksy
Describing themselves as “an anti-capitalist project” responding to the way “the fashion industry works through the mantra of an eccentric misunderstood stylist”, Clifford Jago turns trash into eye-catching fashion nonsense – we’re talking McDonald’s chip packets as shoulder pads and traffic cones for hats.
Tega Akinola is turning your broken iPhone cables into up-cycled shoes
Inspired by literally anything around her (broken iPhone cables that she found when tidying her room have become a trademark of the designer’s), there’s no denying that Tega Akinola is an up-cycling icon.
Going commando in the name of fashion: Sustainaheaux on her kaleidoscopic patchwork pieces
Tanzania James of ‘Sustainaheaux’, is all about thrifting, social responsibility and repurposing fashion. But her newfound success didn’t come easy: “I started out sewing in a garment class…I was immediately intrigued by design, but being a mother, the thought of being a creative full-time was scary.”
How up-cycling designer Matthew Needham turns rags into riches
The Central Saint Martins alum was up-cycling way before it was cool. He has an obsession with old items and the stories they hold – so much so that a lot of his free time is spent watching items being restored on YouTube
Sweater vests and a Stella, please: designer Adam Jones is the boozer’s biggest fan
Adam Jones recounts his life long love story with pubs, pints of Stella (home-delivered during lockdown ofc), and upcycled fashion.
From bath mat bags to kitchen roll clutches: Clara Chu’s high-fashion homewear
They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. So the next time you want to throw out your shower mat or sieve, think of the turtles. But also, think of Clara Chu.