Low impact fashion

Suiting australia

2019-04-18 — 2019-04-18

Wherein second-hand garments are made distinctive by embroidered patches, eco glitter is employed for cosmetics, and broken ceramics are repaired with kintsugi-style joins, all practices being described.

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Figure 1: May Gibbs

Fashion with a side order of not-wasting-things.

1 Upcycle

Make boring second-hand clothes interesting with embroidered patches and other appliqué.

2 Socks, underwear

Hm.

3 Makeup

Three Mamas Eco glitter.

4 Repair

Humade sells some cute kintsugi-style repair options for broken ceramics. You know, the one where you repair a broken thing with gold repair marks? Everyone loves it, but it’s hard to get a straight answer about how food-safe it is? That one.

Figure 2