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ELV Denim

ELV Denim

London, United Kingdom

Pioneering British luxury upcycled denim brand founded by stylist Anna Foster. ELV (East London Vintage) Denim sources post-consumer jeans from UK vintage warehouses and reconstructs them into sophisticated, zero-waste denim — including their signature contrast mid-seam jean.

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SUAY LA

SUAY LA

Los Angeles, United States

Los Angeles-based textile recycling and remanufacturing studio. SUAY LA accepts post-consumer garments and fabric scraps, then remakes them into new clothing and home goods while investing in skilled local labour and a transparent circular production model.

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Sia Seth

Basto

Mumbai, India

At Basto, we transform industrial excess into one of a kind, hand crafted clothing. Every design is crafted as one off/limited edition. It is luxury with intention: individual, artisan made, planet-conscious. We believe true luxury is knowing your piece is uniquely yours and kinder to the world we share.

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jotdot

Jeans Upcycling Sewing Patterns

Marburg, Germany

I'm Ute, founder of jotdot - jeans upcycling pattern. I studied fashion design and am a trained pattern maker with a passion for sustainable sewing. Give your old jeans a new life! Discover sewing patterns that turn denim seams, pockets, and hems into unique design features. Every pattern design is based on my many years of experience in fashion industrie, pattern making, and product development.

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bolsos berlin

bolsos berlin

Berlin, Germany

bolsos berlin is a small Upcycling-brand in Berlin. As a solo entrepreneur I create accessories with advertising banners, used sails, event-materials and other "industrial" waste like offset-printing mats. In our (I share the space with an other upcycling-artist) Work-Shop in Berlin-Kreuzberg I create, develop, manufacture and sell one-of-a-kind bags, backpacks, wallets, hip bags, bike-panners...

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Angie Aguirre

Berlin, DE

Angie studied Communication Sciences in Córdoba, Argentina, before moving to Germany in 2004. Her work sits at the intersection of fashion, textiles, sustainability, communication, and social change. In 2012, she founded Therapy Recycle & Exorcise together with her sister Poli.

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Maria Bernad

Les Fleurs Studio

Paris, France

Paris-based zero-waste label founded by creative director María Bernad. Les Fleurs creates romantic, historically inspired pieces — including bespoke bridal — sewn entirely from antique European lace, crochet, and vintage textiles from the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Rave Review

Rave Review

Stockholm, Sweden

A pioneering Stockholm-based upcycling fashion brand transforming forgotten fabrics into high-end, limited-edition clothing. Founded in 2018 by Josephine Bergqvist and Livia Schück, Rave Review proves sustainable fashion can be both luxury and resource-conscious.

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Zero Waste Daniel

Zero Waste Daniel

New York, United States

Brooklyn-based pioneer of genderless zero-waste fashion. Daniel Silverstein transforms pre-consumer cutting-room scraps and deadstock into vibrant patchwork clothing and accessories, saving roughly one pound of fabric from landfills with every piece.

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Jaunice Thompson

ThreadsReclaimed

Rocklin, USA

Jaunice is the creator, fiber artist, and designer behind ThreadsReclaimed, Specializing in wearable art, transforming rescued denim and secondhand garments by fusing them with storied textiles—including heirloom lace, damaged 2nd hand and Vintage quilts, embroidered linens, thrifted garments and deadstock remnants. Her one-of-a-kind patchwork creations breathe new life into forgotten materials.

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