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Wearing What’s Already There
A note on sustainability and how I practice it

Sustainability isn’t a slogan for me, it’s part of how I work, think, and live. The fashion industry is overflowing: with stuff, with waste, with pressure to always want something new. But through experience, I’ve learned that we don’t need to start from scratch every time. Most of the time, the outfit we’re imagining already exists, hidden in a piece we’ve overlooked or waiting to be reshaped. And if I don’t find it - I make it.

Thrifting, swapping, reworking, none of this is new. It’s been practiced for generations, and thankfully, it’s making a return. Not as a passing trend, but as a mindset. A way of moving forward without leaving more waste behind. Hopefully, you’re already part of that shift. Because let’s be honest: it’s no longer niche. It’s necessary.

That’s where reusing, reshaping, and reimagining come in. Clothing swaps, second-hand finds, a garment from the back of a closet: these are my raw materials. From there, I use techniques like visible mending, plant-based or regular dyeing, art on textile, textile collaging, and felting on fabric to give each piece new texture, depth, and life. I treat every garment like a sketch: it can be reworked, layered, altered, dyed, and mended into something that feels right again. Something that feels like you.