Maybe it was the pandemic that made sewing cool again or does it come from a longing to create something with our own hands instead of just buying a soulless item? We’re not sure but what we have seen over the last two years is an up-going trend for sewing, remake, remade, up-cycling and re-design. Brands that have reused materials as their signum have never been as popular and as loved on social media as they are now. Some of the brands we have talked to even started at home in their living room. A few years later they had a full-time business with employees. Is it customers longing to interact with the brand directly, wear something unique and be a part of a story? Well, we don’t think this is a trend but rather the new normal way of enjoying fashion and updating our closet. Here comes some of our favourite brands!

Textile Storie

If you’ve been thinking that jackets, skirts and tops can be boring, check out Textile Storie! Plenty of colours, details and patterns that make you want to wear an item as if you were a living canvas. No surprise Taryn calls her creations “wearable art”. Based in the USA but with shipping to selected countries!

Havre Studio

Suit-up with up-cycled costumes from the 80s and 90s has been shown a little bit everywhere in the fashion scene, not at least among Scandinavian supermodels. Based in Copenhagen this brand has made people who otherwise wouldn’t wear a suit, wear a suit. Read our interview with its founders here!

Psychic Outlaw

Based in Texas the founder Rebecca has not only turned her passion to make unique clothing from vintage and antique materials, but she has also given her customers the ability to send in their own materials in order to get their own uniquely designed up-cycled items! How cool isn’t that? Psychic Outlaw ships worldwide!

Freya Simonne

One of our favourites from the start! Freya Simonne was founded during the pandemic in the UK and have raised to stardom now with its own physical store! Clothes made from vintage textiles in a colourful and romantic touch, suitable also for pregnancy and life in comfort. A Freya Simonne dress is on our wish list! You can read our interview with the brand here.

Remake by yi

Made, sold and thought of in Taiwan. Each item is one of a kind and made of old clothing! DM to make you order and if your based in Japan, lucky you, Japanese tour is a commonly mentioned in the social media feed.

Rifatto

Yuya Kobayashi was inspired by the German philosopher Hegel’s concept of spiral progress and named 2019 his concept studio Rifatto which means remake in Italian. So far he has remade more than 1000 items of clothing. The studio has a flag in Nanjo City, Okinawa and holds events related to ideas of the 4Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle and repair). The material used is vintage fabrics. Follow the Instagram account and be amazed about what an old vintage jacket can be turned into.

Retro Reset

Based in Brussels, enjoy circular colourful fashion french speaking people! You can book a time and visit their shop! All items are vintage and made of up-cycled materials.

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