Like only a few others, African-born and Canada-raised industrial designer Kumvani Gomani knows how to recycle waste into something truly beautiful and wearable. The concept of recycling in fashion and accessoires design is not super-fresh, but there are not many who succeed in the challenge of making something stunning out of something ugly. (more…)

artwork by Jolis Paons via Notcouture. (more…)

Was it once an essential obligation for female generations before me, so is needlework such as sewing, knitting and embroidery rather a hobby than a daily do in a today´s woman´s world.
Artistically embroidered dowry, the waiting for the seasonal Burda patterns and the darned socks – I still knew these things from my childhood but contrary to my mother and grandmother, I totally lack this kind of practical knowledge.
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Clever and kooky – inspired by jacobian ruffs & natural structures such as: fruit & coral Ka/Pow/Wow neckpieces are exquisitely organic in form and spirit.
Each piece is meticulously hand crafted from reclaimed textiles sourced from charity shops & via the vast london on-line network: freecycle. So easy – so great!

Photos via Ka/Pow/Wow. Others about Ka/Pow/Wow: Styliiista, Paint it Noir, pinktuutuu, prettyneons.

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Nor is Otto von Quast a long-term professor of philology, neither a member in the club for handlebar moustaches – Otto von Quast is the name of a Berlin-based design studio runned by two sassy designers – Verena Kern and Britta Knüppel – who design unconventional jewelry, develop inventive products and fiddle about pulsating art projects.
Originally, the 24 Carat Pets vegetated as worthless, discarded toys, collector´s items or dust catchers. Gilded with 24 carat hard gold, the pieces transform into magnificent pendants and brooches that find their path back to the world as stunning unicums.
Maybe, I should step by with the box I host my childhood memories in. From deer to rabbit, there´s a lot to find. I dimly remember a penguin…. To say nothing of some ugly figures from kinder surprise eggs that I didn´t dare to depollute yet.

Photos via Otto von Quast

London-based fashion designer Avsh Alom Gur designs and creates REALLY unique collections of Womanswear that in the truest sense of the word challenge glamour while blending luxury and poverty, rubbish and couture, waste and luxury garments.
For his Spring/Summer 2008 collection Avsh Alom Gur collected rubbish from the London streets to convert it into his clothing.
Constructed between jewel colored silk and chiffon fabrics are Fox’s sweet packets and plastic shopping bags while red bull cans were used as medallion details in some of the garments. At a closer look, one can see that plastic caps were used as buttons and necklaces were constructed out of empty water bottles and strings. And, belive it or not, it works out very well. Who would have imagined?

Seen at/Photos via Trendhunter

Related posts: Frédérique Morell – Recycled Tapestry, Ka/Po/Wow- recycled Neckpieces, From waste to want – From Somewhere. Others about Avsh Alom Gur: My Fashion Life, Style Canteen, Koodos

Photos via Martine Camillieri

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High spirits dresses out of the recycling pot. Already in 1997 (more than 10 years ago) the London based designers Orsola de Castro und Filipo Ricci started with their small label “From Somewhere” to develop fancy collections from industrial waste-products. (more…)