Selvedge Stories
LIVING LEGEND Taller Netzahualcoyotl: Sustainab...
Tucked into the village of Contla de Juan Cuamatzi, just twenty minutes beyond the central Mexican city of Tlaxcala (tlas-kah-lah), is an extraordinary textile workshop. Their roots go deep into...
LIVING LEGEND Taller Netzahualcoyotl: Sustainab...
Tucked into the village of Contla de Juan Cuamatzi, just twenty minutes beyond the central Mexican city of Tlaxcala (tlas-kah-lah), is an extraordinary textile workshop. Their roots go deep into...
MAKERS AND MENDERS Historic Clothing and Sustai...
The act of upcycling, mending and altering clothing is often referred to as being ‘sustainable’, though only a handful of us have the skills to render a tired garment new....
MAKERS AND MENDERS Historic Clothing and Sustai...
The act of upcycling, mending and altering clothing is often referred to as being ‘sustainable’, though only a handful of us have the skills to render a tired garment new....
THREADBARE Torn and Tattered; Boro textiles fro...
In the late 1800s, Japanese city dwellers enjoyed improved prosperity and began to embrace Western style clothes. Many domestic, cotton mills produced abundant fabric for tailoring their newly discovered garments....
THREADBARE Torn and Tattered; Boro textiles fro...
In the late 1800s, Japanese city dwellers enjoyed improved prosperity and began to embrace Western style clothes. Many domestic, cotton mills produced abundant fabric for tailoring their newly discovered garments....
DARNED! Darning Samplers a Hidden History
A few years ago, it was simple: if you had a hole in your t-shirt, jeans or socks, you simply threw them away! Or at least, many did. But there...
DARNED! Darning Samplers a Hidden History
A few years ago, it was simple: if you had a hole in your t-shirt, jeans or socks, you simply threw them away! Or at least, many did. But there...
BEST OUT OF WASTE Reduce textile usage, upcycl...
In an uber-chic Mumbai concept store hangs an off-white cotton dress with a plunging neckline. Scraps of colourful cloth pepper the bodice. The shapes of the scraps resemble none that...
BEST OUT OF WASTE Reduce textile usage, upcycl...
In an uber-chic Mumbai concept store hangs an off-white cotton dress with a plunging neckline. Scraps of colourful cloth pepper the bodice. The shapes of the scraps resemble none that...
SCRAPS No Waste Production
Growing up in postwar South Korea, Christina Kim showed an early interest in what might now be referred to as repurposing; finding new uses for hand-me-down clothes, long before it...
SCRAPS No Waste Production
Growing up in postwar South Korea, Christina Kim showed an early interest in what might now be referred to as repurposing; finding new uses for hand-me-down clothes, long before it...
