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View fullsize Missing a Friday night faceplant? @dejouis_ brings back wistful memories of long weekend evenings with their upcycled leather creations. This creative collaboration, founded last year, is a reflection on fashion and its production system, and an unde
View fullsize @shopthrilling was built to empower. Founders Shilla Kim-Parker and Brad Mallow established a company that not only promotes the best vintage + 2ndhand shops in the states, but also celebrates their work in a way I haven’t seen before. With a p
View fullsize Handcrafted Made-to-order Vintage, deadstock, leftover fabrics Made in Denmark @shop_binne 💜💙💚
View fullsize @wearmarcia encapsulates the essence of a Friday night we’re all waiting for. This cool-girl French brand, founded in 2019, works with the certified fabric Econyl to create pieces that welcome moments of escapism. @econylbrand is a fabric &ldqu
View fullsize The mesmerising @ava.ferg and @blumorphobutterfly in reclaimed fabrics by Sophie @hardeman_ .  The LA/Amsterdam-based brand was once dubbed by ID magazine as ‘’The horny denim brand exploring sex positivity”, a designer that we
View fullsize “Curiosity is the currency of education”, said someone to me recently during an interview. Curiosity is a quality in a person that I have always sought after, which is probably why upcycling feels so magical. It takes a deliberate curiosi
View fullsize As someone who has long spoken about the unlimited joys of second-hand shopping, Friday evening’s Slow Factory (@theslowfactory) talk with Liz Ricketts, founder of The OR Foundation (@theorispresent), brought home some illuminating, worrying tr
View fullsize Dear friends doing cool things: @pamplemousselingerie creates beautiful underwear from deadstock fabrics from her space in Berlin. Deadstock can be challenging to work with, you never really know what you’re getting until it lands on your doors
View fullsize Deadstock essentials by @christina_seewald 💚 Did you know we have enough garments on the planet to clothe the next 6 generations? #reuse #recycle (Stat credit: @lydia__bolton ) - #sustainability #upcycle #deadstock
View fullsize “The future of fashion is way, way, way, way more upcycling,” said Hillary Taymour (_collina), founder of New York-based brand @collinastrada, talking to DAZED about her AW21 collection which was presented virtually today. The collection
View fullsize Céline Samaan (@celinecelines) speaking to us on Friday night for the beginning of the Open Education Spring Semester, hosted by @theslowfactory. Open Education “is an open and equity-centered education initiative for Black, Brown, Indi
View fullsize The New York based brand @unefemme.ny offers a welcome respite from the loungewear we’ve all been staring at during the weirdest year of our lives. The founder, T.A. Rudder creates etherial pieces that elevate themselves well beyond the four w
View fullsize Who woulda thought we’d be craving standing close to each other, wrapped in picnic rugs, this much? The Stockholm-based brand , @ravereviewclothes, founded by Josephine Bergqvist and Livia Schück, upcycle home textiles into dreamy, contem
View fullsize In this last episode in the first series of The Slow Exposure Podcast, I sat down with the stylist @oliveduran in my flat in Berlin. We spoke about issues of racial inequality that exist both within the German fashion industry and the wider world. Ol
View fullsize In love with these BTS shots by my favourite vintage spot @losfelizshop2. Gradually investing in high quality essentials by sustainable brands and jazzing up your wardrobe with vintage pieces is a great way to slowly build a more conscious wardrobe.
View fullsize In the first episode of the Slow Exposure Podcast (link in bio, if you haven’t already listened) @corahilts recounts meeting the designer Mara Hoffman in New York. Mara, pregnant with her son, was feeling the impending the responsibility she wo
View fullsize I sat with Erica Toogood, co-founder of the design studio @t_o_o_g_o_o_d, at the top of Toogood house for this week’s episode of the Slow Exposure Podcast. @t_o_o_g_o_o_d, established by Erica’s sister Faye, is a name to know across the w
View fullsize Thank you @monopolmagazine for featuring Slow Exposure and the launch of the podcast. I spoke to the wonderful @salutemmanuelle about our responsibility as consumers, the dangerous speed of social media and could worms be the answer to our problems?
View fullsize @emma.k.gudmundson’s zero waste knitted sleeves for @vogueportugal’s HOPE issue. Also featuring the beautiful work of the conscious creators @toth.lala & @dipetsa 💙 Thank you @emma.k.gudmundson 💌 #slowexposure #sustainablefashion
View fullsize I have been transfixed this week watching Fran Lebowitz’s documentary series with Martin Scorsese. Watching Fran plod/march/glide through the streets of New York in her trademark tailoring was a beautiful thing. As someone who has long convince