The Upcycled Wardrobe
The Upcycled Wardrobe

Author: Barrett Williams

Publisher: Barrett Williams

Published: 2024-08-27

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13:

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**The Upcycled Wardrobe Transform Your Closet into a Treasure Trove of Sustainable Fashion Accessories** Are you tired of your old, worn-out clothes taking up space in your closet? Imagine turning those forgotten pieces into stylish, one-of-a-kind accessories! **The Upcycled Wardrobe** is your ultimate guide to breathe new life into your wardrobe while embracing sustainable fashion. In this comprehensive eBook, you'll discover the endless possibilities of upcycling. Chapter by chapter, learn to craft chic scarves from old t-shirts, transform denim into trendy tote bags, and convert sweaters into cozy beanies. Each project is carefully designed to be easy and fun, regardless of your skill level. The book is packed with practical instructions, covering everything from the basics of cutting and sewing to advanced embellishment techniques. Dive into - **Scarves Reimagined** Master the art of cutting and sewing to create fashionable infinity scarves that add a touch of flair to any outfit. - **Denim Bags** Select the perfect pair of jeans and follow a step-by-step guide to design functional and stylish tote bags with custom pockets and details. - **Cozy Beanies** Learn to choose the right sweater, then cut and shape it into a personalized beanie, complete with decorative elements. - **Statement Jewelry** Repurpose shirts and fabric scraps to craft statement necklaces and vibrant bracelets, combining braiding, knotting, and finishing touches for a truly unique look. Whether it's making practical pouches from pants or designing belts from dresses, each chapter in **The Upcycled Wardrobe** provides detailed processes to help you upcycle with confidence. Gain practical knowledge on creating headbands, arm warmers, bow ties, patchwork gloves, and even turning broken jewelry into beautiful new pieces. Join the movement towards sustainable fashion. Reduce waste and flaunt your creativity with accessories that speak volumes about your personal style and commitment to the planet. With **The Upcycled Wardrobe**, transform your old clothes into a treasure trove of fashionable accessories that you'll love to wear and share!

Junky Styling
Junky Styling

Author: Annika Sanders

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2009-07-30

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0713688335

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The fashion label Junky Styling grew out the authors' passion for transforming secondhand clothing into innovative fashion statements that showcase the wearer's individual style and flair. In this book, Annika Sanders and Kerry Seager record the origins of the company, from the clothes being worn by the authors in London clubs in the nineties to a small retail shop to a successful fashion label. This beautifully illustrated book also shows readers how they can perform "wardrobe surgery" by deconstructing, recutting, and completely transforming their discarded clothes and fabrics into inspired designs. Whether you are a fashion student, home sewer, entrepreneur, environmentalist, or serious fashionista, Junky Styling is both a practical resource and a thought-provoking inspiration that will guide you through a completely new way of looking at the relationship between clothes, resources, and style.

ReFashioned
ReFashioned

Author: Sass Brown

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Published: 2013-10-29

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780673011

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The area of recycling and upcycling is a rich and growing source of innovative design in the fashion and accessories industries. In a fast-fashion world of throw-away clothing, it is the ultimate expression of the slow-fashion movement, with each piece individually conceived and crafted from scratch, using different materials each time. ReFashioned features 46 international designers who work with recycled materials and discarded garments, reinvigorating them with new life and value. The result is beautiful and desirable clothing and accessories that also make an important statement to the fashion world about its wasteful and exploitative practices.

Wardrobe Embroidery
Wardrobe Embroidery

Author: Warunee Bolstad

Publisher:

Published: 2021-11-15

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781940552644

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Get inspired to reduce your consumption of fast fashion and build a unique and upcycled wardrobe with one-of-a-kind garments! In Wardrobe Embroidery, Warunee Bolstad of @plystreknitwear shows you how to easily breathe new life into your wardrobe by adding embroidery to clothes both old and new. Warunee presents a collection of charming embroidery patterns, ranging from beginner-friendly hearts and daisies to intricate floral arrangements. Use these lovely designs to freshen up worn out blouses and jeans or to personalize plain white t-shirts and boring bags. Colorful step-by-step photos will help you master your stitching technique and offer inspiration for developing your own embroidery designs. You'll also find Warunee's nine signature knitting patterns, which provide the perfect canvas for embroidered embellishments. From classic crewnecks and cabled cardigans to elegant handbags and cozy neckwarmers, these beautiful and simple designs offer sustainable style for everyday life. With Wardrobe Embroidery, you'll be inspired to create your favorite pieces of clothing that you'll cherish for years to come.

The Embroidered Closet
The Embroidered Closet

Author: Alexandra Stratkotter

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2022-11-15

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 164700540X

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Sustainability meets DIY in this instructive guide to garment embroidery from designer and fiber artist Alexandra Stratkotter Combining comprehensive instruction with photography and illustrations, The Embroidered Closet guides novice and experienced stitchers through the process of adorning and upcycling garments. Now more than ever, we are all pitching in to help the planet: This book offers a fun and satisfying avenue to do just that by refreshing the wardrobe you have and making your clothes seem new again. The Embroidered Closet presents the inexpensive craft of embroidery and uses it to show readers just how fun embellishing your own clothing can be. Expect to learn not just about tools, techniques, stitches, and project designs, but also how to pick fabrics that work best for you and your wardrobe, how to source and thrift your clothing, and how to mend and prevent wear and tear. Stratkotter will inspire you to expand your options and test out your own embroidered creations. Whether you’re interested in personalizing your clothing, upgrading wardrobe staples, or seeking to enhance your skill set, Stratkotter’s stylish and classic designs offer something for everyone.

Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes
Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes

Author: Lily Fulop

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2020-03-31

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1682684350

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In with the old, out with the new—reclaiming your closet and reducing fashion waste starts here. Repair your favorite socks with style, add flair with personalized patches, and turn ripped jeans into an embroidered masterpiece. For beginner and experienced makers, Lily Fulop's guide to mending and upcycling is your colorful companion to ditching fast fashion and extending the lifecycle of all your favorite clothes. Fulop's vibrant step-by-step illustrations make mending easier than every, demystifying techniques and displaying unique ways to show off your personality. And when your mending possibilities run out, she has simple yet striking solutions to repurpose fabric, including braided rugs, crocheted pillows, and more. Say hello to sustainable inspiration.

Project 333
Project 333

Author: Courtney Carver

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0525541462

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Wear just 33 items for 3 months and get back all the JOY you were missing while you were worrying what to wear. In Project 333, minimalist expert and author of Soulful Simplicity Courtney Carver takes a new approach to living simply--starting with your wardrobe. Project 333 promises that not only can you survive with just 33 items in your closet for 3 months, but you'll thrive just like the thousands of woman who have taken on the challenge and never looked back. Let the de-cluttering begin! Ever ask yourself how many of the items in your closet you actually wear? In search of a way to pare down on her expensive shopping habit, consistent lack of satisfaction with her purchases, and ever-growing closet, Carver created Project 333. In this book, she guides readers through their closets item-by-item, sifting through all the emotional baggage associated with those oh-so strappy high-heel sandals that cost a fortune but destroy your feet every time you walk more than a few steps to that extensive collection of never-worn little black dresses, to locate the items that actually look and feel like you. As Carver reveals in this book, once we finally release ourselves from the cyclical nature of consumerism and focus less on our shoes and more on our self-care, we not only look great we feel great-- and we can see a clear path to make other important changes in our lives that reach far beyond our closets. With tips, solutions, and a closet-full of inspiration, this life-changing minimalist manual shows readers that we are so much more than what we wear, and that who we are and what we have is so much more than enough.

The Conscious Closet
The Conscious Closet

Author: Elizabeth L. Cline

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2019-08-20

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1524744301

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From journalist, fashionista, and clothing resale expert Elizabeth L. Cline, “the Michael Pollan of fashion,”* comes the definitive guide to building an ethical, sustainable wardrobe you'll love. Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion’s hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. The Conscious Closet shows exactly what we can do about it. Whether your goal is to build an effortless capsule wardrobe, keep up with trends without harming the environment, buy better quality, seek out ethical brands, or all of the above, The Conscious Closet is packed with the vital tools you need. Elizabeth delves into fresh research on fashion’s impacts and shows how we can leverage our everyday fashion choices to change the world through style. Inspired by her own revelatory journey getting off the fast-fashion treadmill, Elizabeth shares exactly how to build a more ethical wardrobe, starting with a mindful closet clean-out and donating, swapping, or selling the clothes you don't love to make way for the closet of your dreams. The Conscious Closet is not just a style guide. It is a call to action to transform one of the most polluting industries on earth—fashion—into a force for good. Readers will learn where our clothes are made and how they’re made, before connecting to a global and impassioned community of stylish fashion revolutionaries. In The Conscious Closet, Elizabeth shows us how we can start to truly love and understand our clothes again—without sacrificing the environment, our morals, or our style in the process. *Michelle Goldberg, Newsweek/The Daily Beast

50 Nifty Thrifty Upcycled Fashions
50 Nifty Thrifty Upcycled Fashions

Author: Cynthia Anderson

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2015-10-15

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0811762408

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Create a fun, stylish new wardrobe from tired old pieces and found treasures! Cynthia shows you step-by-step how to take what you have on hand and turn it into unique, eco-friendly fashion.

Cut-Up Couture
Cut-Up Couture

Author: Koko Yamase

Publisher: Interweave

Published: 2012-02-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781596685956

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Cut-Up Couture is a cutting-edge design book that teaches how to use the copious fabric in men's clothing items to make 34 innovative garments and accessories. The simple sewing techniques showcase how to turn men's shirts, t-shirts, and sweatshirts into beautiful dresses, ruffled blouses, draping tops, and gorgeous jackets for women. You'll learn how to cut, re-sew, and re-shape clothing into cherished garments that resemble trendy, urban boutique findings with lessons in creative "upcycling" and stylish yet simple sewing. Plus, several of the garments in Cut-Up Couture are reversible or can be worn in several ways, such as a dolman-style top that transforms into a skirt, or a skirt/cape variation. Explore a wealth of innovative advice and inspiration for making each project inexpensive, and still very chic. The stylish projects featured are for beginner and advanced sewists or for those simply interested in fashion design.