Recycled Fashion

Monday, July 25, 2011
Own Photograph,and own handmade ring and clutch.
Nails are 'water decals' from www.naildelights.com


Own Photograph,and own handmade ring and clutch.
Nails are 'water decals' from www.naildelights.com


Own Photograph,and own handmade ring and clutch.
Nails are 'water decals' from www.naildelights.com

RecYclED FasHioN

With the worlds enviroment everchanging and developing; and not always in a positive way, new and more effective ways of producing products,developing new ideas and using more resourceful and sustainable materials is becoming more inevitable for the future,to have a future for our planet.
In a fashion aspect of looking at this issue,there's so many ways of doing your bit for the enviroment,wether its recycling, customising,upcycling,swapping and trading clothes with friends,vintage,wearing organic materials...the list can go on and on.
Having an interest in the enviroment and fashion,I researched and came across www.bottletop.org . This organisation is really inspiring and so interesting to read there story,of the development of creating jobs and skills for  communities. Only starting this brand/charity four years ago,'Bottletop' have had huge success with sales,and celebrities have also been seen wearing their products.
Inspired by this I too,have started to recycle. With a huge collection of ringpulls,I had been saving for months,I made the ring and small clutch bag,as seen in the first three images above. Though Im quite pleased with how these turned out,there nowhere near as beautifully and skillfully made as the actual 'Bottletop bags', as seen in the images below....

Image from www.bottletop.org

Image from www.bottletop.org

Image from www.bottletop.org

Image from www.bottletop.org