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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ioana Topala

Traista si Papusoi

București, Romania

Accessories and clothes made from second-hand treasures, deadstock materials and old clothes. Guiding people to sew, mend their clothes and to avoid filling landfills with their old textiles.

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Nobel Acquah

Noble signed

Accra, Ghana

Nobel Acquah is a Ghanaian textile designer, writer, and creative innovator. He blends traditional techniques with modern design and promotes sustainable fashion by encouraging people to bring their old clothes and dresses to be redesigned and given a fresh, stylish look. He also empowers youth and persons with disabilities through creative skills training or workshop.

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