ReWorKing: ReWorKing is about Re-Thinking Fashion - and is a timely reminder of the waste in the industry as LFW swings into town once more.

The project/ exhibition represents a collaboration between ReWorKs CIC – A Social Enterprise with a purpose to reduce the volume of textiles heading to landfill and the University of the Creative Arts. ReWorKs mission is to make a positive and sustainable impact to reducing these volumes based on intelligence gathered from a decade of re-purposing textile waste. ReWorKs targets volume solutions that can be adopted by society as a whole not just the super fashionable or mega wealthy buyers. ReWorKs target partner is a buyer or network collaborator just like you!

The exhibition represents what’s possible from surplus deadstock textiles as well as representing both a sustainable process for upcycling, fashion design and industry – university collaboration.

The raw materials were all drawn from ReWorKs Trading Ltd – A Textile recycling processor and distributor of vintage clothing. The garments were constructed using only unsaleable items.

In the Textiles Hierarchy the prime aim is to Reduce, then Re-use, then Recycle… in reality there are a few more Rs that are used – e.g. ReWorKing.

ReWorKs approach is to Reduce consumption through educating and marketing support.

Queue’s around the block on a Friday lunchtime? We smell another massive YMC, Folk and Oliver Spencer Sample Sale in the air. And so it proves, after good captain Russ opens up the doors early for a sneaky peek and a bit of retail therapy.

Minutes later we emerge blurry eyed and with heavy hands: a selection of boots, bags, shorts, tees, trousers and ties all neatly folded into brown paper bags by the helpful crew inside. If you are a fan of these iconic fashion brands then don’t miss - it’s only on for the weekend.

Best thing? £1 entry fees will be passed onto our favourite charity, Providence Row. So get spending.

Full details here.

After an initial meeting over a year ago, last Thursday the super creative girls from Patternity Anna Murray and Grace Winteringham opened the doors of the Londonewcastle Project Space in Shoreditch to launch their first exhibition-cum-festival SuperStripe: “A cultural festival of pattern exploration.”

The title of the exhibition really lives up to its name - as they have transformed the space into a superlative pattern festival. One never normally pays attention to the patterns we come across in our day to day, but this exhibition focuses and celebrates the pattern, raising the status of the humble stripe to SuperStripe status.

The exhibition is a mixture of pieces from the Patternity Studio archive and collaborations with artists throughout the creative industries, including photography, fashion and video.

As you enter, a huge monochrome wall graphic decorates the space and leads you in. It’s a great introduction to the exhibition which underlines Paternity’s principle of the power of Patterns. In the second gallery, along with sculptural items from everyday life on podiums there is the opportunity to do some weaving - fun, original and witty. (weaving is the new sewing - you read it here first).

A short film pulls you into gallery three, but don’t miss the pop-up shop in-between which showcases unique and original collaborations between the brand and fashion, design and homewares specialists.

Overall, the show is spot on and extremely well-timed as Fashion Houses have exploded with pattern this season. The production values are epic - at times you feel like you could be in the V&A not Shoreditch (in a good way).

On top of all of this there’s an incredibloe schedule of events,m workshops and talks planned too. Click here to download.

The show runs to 21st April, daily. Click here for details.

Can’t wait until the talk on 17th April co-chaired by Patternity and Lily Silverton, Fashion Features Editor at POP Magazine? Nope, nor could we. Hence here is the chance to watch the slick short ‘When Stripes Collide’ produced in the space where the exhibition will be held from Saturday 6th.

Read more about the short on POP.

If this gets you baying for more, then cool - come along to the talk where practitioners from the worlds of fashion, film, art and design will be discussing and exploring pattern in their work.

Click here for tickets.

With scant days to go before the opening of PATTERNITY’s inaugural Pattern Power/ SuperStripe show - a series of exhibitions, workshops,talks and events exploring pattern in all its guises - the events calendar has now been published and bookings are being taken.

There’s everything from science lectures to stripey jelly-making classes (with Bompas & Parr) between 6th and 21st April at Londonewcastle Project Space, on Redcchurch Street in Shoreditch. Click here to see and download your own schedule. I’m looking forward to the yoga session, ‘When Stripes Collide’ short film and talk co-chaired by Lily Silverton of POP and the Late Night Patterns in Sound event.

Here’s a sneaky peek inside from the set up…

Visitors will be immersed in an intriguing and tactile world of stripes as Patternity transport their iconic curation and ethos of ‘celebrating pattern everywhere - from the mundane to the magnificent’ boldly into the real world. For more information on the show, visit the page in the Arts Programme section of the site.

And remember… The exhibition remains open to the public when workshops are taking place so feel free to visit the show at any time during 12 - 7pm daily.

Review events and book via the Eventbrite platform - click here for info and the full list.

The exhibition of wearable art by Superfertile/ Kali Arulpragasam at Maurice Einhardt Neu Gallery, next door to the London Project Space in Redchurch Street, has just closed.

The unisex collection comprises 24 medium and large necklaces of carefully selected stones that have been crafted into accurate colour matched world map indexes. All of the pieces are hand-made, with the utmost precision and execution using gold and silver plated brass as the bases which are then meticulously inlaid with semi-precious stones.

All necklaces will soon be available to purchase online at www.superfertile.com

Fashion idol Tommy Nutter, the original rebel of Savile Row, who created the outfits for both the bride and groom at Mick Jagger’s and at John Lennon’s Weddings, died 20 years ago.

His groundbreaking perspective on the three piece suit equaled narrow, square shoulders, wide lapels, tightly flared trousers, and waistcoats.

With the Gatsby look on its way via Essex, expect a resurgence in interest in him very soon…

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