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.
