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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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Lauren Davies

Iron Keld

Kendal, England, UK

I upcycle retired outdoor fabrics into useful products and textile art. I also teach sewing workshops and provide a specialist outdoor gear repair service

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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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Katherine Soucie

Sans Soucie

London, United Kingdom

Katherine Soucie, PhD, is a British-Canadian artist, designer whose work centres on creative reuse, remanufacturing, and mending. With over 25+ years of experience upcycling, her award winning studio/brand, Sans Soucie, works across textiles, fashion, and visual art, developing multidisciplinary approaches that transform textile industry waste into new materials and applications.

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Ayisha Gaffoor

UpswingSA

Cape Town, South

We are a non-profit organization and we sell donated goods to raise funds for our organization. We focus on skills development through upcycling projects. Our organization is funded by the sales from our thrift store.

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Felines.Favorites

Felines.Favorites

Almere, The netherlands

Hey, I am Feline, 16 years old and I am a Slowfashion designer from the Netherlands. I design and make slowfashion because I love fashion but hate what fast fashion does to our planet. I make streetwear from old jerseys, basketbals, soccer balls, goalie gloves jeans and curtains. I love experimenting with new or funky materials and am inspired by streetwear!

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Adele Zavagno

POST—MATTER

Enschede, Netherlands

POST—MATTER is a multidisciplinary design studio by Adele Zavagno. She is a designer based between Italy and the Netherlands who works with local and discarded materials merging the worlds of textiles and biodesign.

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Deniz

Yokino Kimono

Canakkale, Türkiye

Left-over fabrics, papers, found objects! I consider myself as a bricoleur! I do collages both with paper and fabric, and I do improvise! Aaaaaand I cannot live otherwise! :)

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kugelfaengerin

Vienna, Austria

i am an artist based in vienna, predominantly working in the fields of textiles, photography, and illustration. i love experimenting with different materials and trying out new things - whilst my ideals of feminism, anti-capitalism and environmentalism are always leading principles in my artwork. i'd love to hear from you via e-mail or instagram dm!

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Merrybeeri

Merrybeeri

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Pratteln, Switzerland

I’m Marianne, the creative mind behind Merrybeeri in Pratteln, Switzerland. I give discarded materials a new lease of life by turning old jeans, water wings, banners, umbrellas and leftover candle wax into unique handmade bags, pouches, wet bags and candles. With creativity and a love for detail, I transform what others throw away into something special: every piece with its own story to tell.

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