A huge wave in recycled fashions has taken over the clothing industry, the green movement inspiring environmentally aware designers to get creative in eco-friendly ways. The trick is keeping the fashion wearable. Wearing tires, candy wrappers, recycled billboard ads, juice boxes or audio cassette tapes doesn’t sound appealing, but the following 12 trends prove that garbage couture can be quite hip:
Fashion From Skateboard Parts - Beck(y) Clutch and Belt Buckles (GALLERY)
New York brand Beck(y) designs bags and accessories made out of recycled skateboards and plush high-end fabrics. Beck(y) chops used skateboards and makes edgy designs such as clutch bags and belt buckles. For each board received by Beck(y), $3 is donated to organizations dedicated to building and … [More]
Aprons Out Of Billboards - Bizura Recycled Fashions (GALLERY)
We’ve seen recycled bags on TrendHunter before, made out of used goods like sails; we’ve even featured the vibrator recycling depot in the UK. The latest trend in recycled goods are the Bazura Aprons made out of recycled billboard banners. In no way do they look chic or high end—their original na… [More]
Teen Makes Bags Out of Juice Boxes - Trash E-Fashions (GALLERY)
These handbags are made from recycled juice pouches and are both stylish and eco-friendly. The creative designer behind Trash e-Fashions Company is a 13 year old girl who discovered her empty Capri Sun pouches could serve as art. Her recycled handbags are catching on so fast that they’ve even been… [More]
Recycled Chopstick Bra - “My Hashi Bra” (VIDEO)
A new bra inspired by Japanese cuisine features recycled chopsticks, one cup resembling a rice bowl, and the other looks like a serving of miso soup. Chopsticks in Japan are disposable which is causing the loss of huge swaths of forest; reusable chopsticks are encouraged. Lingerie maker Triumph Inte… [More]
Aluminium Can Recycled Shoes - Tear Your Feet to Shreds?
British designer Georgina Goodman puts her passion, energy and vision to work to create a pair of shoes from recycled drinks cans. Taking over six to make, the stylish and elegant pair of shoes was made from drinks cans Georgina had collected for recycling at home and in her workshop. Hand-craft… [More]
Recycled Flashback Fashion - 1950s Outfit Knit From Old Plastic Bags
Turning trash into fashion is a great concept and it takes an interesting twist here - Artist, Cathy Casdan decided to knit a 1950’s inspired ensemble entirely out of old plastic bags. This great concept will be featured in an upcoming Recycled Art Show along with other similar art pieces from a va… [More]
Sonic Fabric - Textile Woven From Audio Cassette Tape
The Sonic Fabric dress is made from recycled audio cassette tapes. The tape is woven into a fabric, but retains its magnetic quality. So in theory, you could still play the music if you had a device to read the fabric. I hope you’re wearing a cool song. You can also purchase a Monk / Messenger B… [More]
A Belt Made Of Recycled Materials
From newspapers to your wardrobe! Do you picture yourself wearing a mapbelt made of recycled newpapers or carrying a hip trendy newspaper bag? This one of a kind products were thought up and designed by four brilliant Swiss entrepreneurs. If you are in need of something customizable, colorful or bla… [More]
Recycled Fashion - Ecoist Handbags Made From Candy Wrappers
“You want some of my Crispy Crunch? Well, you can have the wrapper and sew it into a bag…” That’s exactly what Spanish designer Marisa Rey did when she created her stylish line of handbags. Each handbag is made from carefully selected, woven, and sewn candy wrappers. And they’re hot. At least… [More]
Clothes Made of Garbage - Trashy Fashion at Recycle Now Week (GALLERY)
A couple of top designers have teamed up to launch Recycle Now Week to promote their passions for fashion and raising environmental awareness. They designed dresses out of trash, recycling old packaging, cans, newspapers and more, proving waste can be made in to striking fashion with the right touch… [More]
Recycled Shoes - Yellow Port Shoes Made From Recycled Tires and Trucking Canvas
Yellow Port shines as an original and committed Green company. They’ve been manufacturing shoes from recycled tires and trucking canvas for years in Brazil and are finally making some inroads in Canada and the United states via Ejust Inc. If you like this concept, you’ll like the eco-friendly shoe… [More]
The Suit Case - Made From a Real Suit
How cool is this- a courier bag made of a real gentleman’s business suit. 40x60cm and complete with a very hard wearing recycled seatbelt as the shoulder strap, for a mere 180 bucks AUS, you probably could make this at home for a fraction of the price- well your price, I’m not sure your father would… [More]
Schlauch… The Recycled Tire Tube Belt
Rainhardt Albrecht-Herz has taken the time to think of this amazing cycle we call life. perhaps as he was sitting on his own (bi)cycle? to be more specific, this is about the end of a life formerly known as a bicycle tire tube, and the beginning of a new life now known as a belt. SCHLAUCH, (which … [More]
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