On this page we want to share different aesthatical and visionary approaches on implementing used textiles and clothing in new designs.
Emily Adams Bode: Clothes as love letters to the past
The designer collects textiles from all over the world and already gathered quite a few. Based on her archive she develops new pieces in simple cuts. Her focus is meanswear. Inspirations include traditional crafting methods and indigenous aesthetics.
found on the street by Karina Papp & Anna Vladi
Why bother to make or buy something new, if we are already struggling with the amount which has been produced. These two women found a solution to that problem by working with what’s there. Literally with what they have found on the street. The fashionable outcome of this genious idea you can follow on their insta account.
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DeadWhiteMensClothes by Jojo Gronostay
Founded by a young man Jojo Gronostay, who wanted to create a platform to ask questions about value, power structures, postcolonialism and fashion. Nowadays DWMC is a clothing label that operates on the border of art and fashion. The label's clothes were bought at the Kantamanto market in Accra, Ghana and are rebranded in Germany.
!By clicking on the follwing pictures, you are lead to a radio episode including at least one of the topics the label deals with.
Fashion Africa Now
Founded by Beatrace Angut Ool, nowadays a whole team is involved.In this case we will quote the self description of “Fashion Africa Now”, since it makes pretty clear what the do:
“Fashion Africa Now is a media brand for contemporary creative Africa. Celebrating creativity, culture, identity and featuring the names and faces behind it. We are establishing a network that connects the creative scene in Africa and Europe. The vibe is confident, fresh, intriguing, inspirational and fashionable” (source: https://fashionafricanow.com/about/)
AFROSARTORIALISM
Reasearch project founded by Enrica Picarelli:
“The project examines the political and aggregative potential of grassroot dress and beauty practices in personal style blogs, focusing on spaces, genres, and cultures that are at the margins of mainstream media representations and current discourses about former colonies. I am interested in examining how such elements intersect with and influence the global visual culture, particularly how they participate in the current hyper-visualization and commodification of the black body.“
AFRODISTRICT by
Yayra Agbofa and Kwamena Boison
Afro District seeks to promote and redefine the creative arts industry in Africa “a portrait and a caption” at a time through a vintage lens. Founded by two young Ghanaian entrepreneurs, Yayra Agbofa and Kwamena Boison, Afro District embodies the spirit of an age gone by and the fire of the new African poised not to be labelled by the status quo but to break the glass ceiling while pioneering a new wave of enthusiasm and self- belief among young entrepreneurial minds in the creative and fashion industry in Ghana and across Africa.
HARAMWITHSUGAR by All Amin
"Fashion designer All Amin aka Haramwithsugar loves shoes. At the same time, she is fed up with the polluting fast-fashion industry. So she creates futuristic upcycling designs from the waste of the fashion industry with her label "Haram" - and promptly ends up in "Vogue" magazine. And in "Tracks". All Amin shows her corsages, dresses or headpieces in her Berlin bedroom studio. All made from old trainers." (arte description text)