Upcycling in Chile
Upcycling, terminology in English for supra recycling, is a technique where materials are reused or recycled, which are transformed into a new product, thus prolonging its useful life.
The power to reuse garments such as jackets, pants, skirts, among others, to later give continuity and thus create value to those garments and textile materials that no longer had a use, is a very important action when creating more sustainable products. Since among some of its benefits , it helps to reduce the waste generated by the fashion industry in a more creative way, since as we know, the fashion industry is the second most polluting industry on the planet.
In Chile we can see that new brands focused on this technique appear every time, as well as brands that have rethought part of their processes and little by little have been incorporating supra-recycling in some of the garments in their collections.
Here we leave you some national brands that make garments created based on supra-recycling.
Antúnez Ketterer: Rescues quality raw material from leather garments that have already completed their cycle in fashion, thus creating handmade bags and wallets.
Get to know their new Bucolic mini collection on our website, where you can see 7 models belonging to that new mini collection.
Meet Antúnez Ketterer at:
- Website: antunezketterer.cl
- Instagram: @antunez.ketterer
Ente Upcycling: Chilean brand that specializes in the manufacture of pieces with 100% reused denim, creating exclusive, high-end and design pieces. You can currently find the collection presented at Pasarela Valparaiso available at Nashion It .
Meet Ente Upcycling at:
- Instagram: @ente.upcycling
Francisca Tornero: The proposal of this Chilean designer is based on the principles of sustainability and fair trade, creating garments through upcycling, for example in Nashion It you can find the decides dungarees , which is made with linen and recycled ties.
Meet Francisca Tornero at:
- Website: Franciscatorneronovias.cl
- Instagram: @franciscatornero
María jesus jofré: Like many of us, when the pandemic arrived, in addition to generating a lot of uncertainty and anxiety, it also forced us to make changes and rethink what we were doing at that moment, María Jesús was no exception. After difficult times, the Calma collection was born, which you can find available on our website.
This is a collection in which the designer decided not to buy fabrics, in order to be able to reuse party dresses, linings and products that she had in stock, but which, due to the crisis we were experiencing, could not be sold.
Meet María Jesús Jofré at:
- Website: mariajesusjofre.cl
- Instagram: @mariajesusjofre.cl
Lorenza Bas: Chilean brand focused on creating authentic and versatile women's clothing, which works under the NO-collection concept, producing garments with materials left over from other collections.
This new concept began to be implemented in 2020, thus launching "Collection not collection" where it seeks to contribute to a more sustainable fashion.
Meet Lorenza Bas at:
- Website: lorenzabas.com
- Instagram: @lorenzabas.brand
In addition to these 6 brands that are part of our platform, there are also many Chilean brands that are dedicating themselves to using this type of technique in their garments.
Here we share with you some of them:
Fran Montecino: Homonymous brand dedicated to designer fashion with a humanist sense, fashion seen with an artistic, historical and artisanal value, emphasizing the Latin American.
In order to make the most of discarded textiles and the reuse of disused clothing, Fran Montecinos works mainly with upcycling , creating compositions of fabric scraps which are transformed into garments with a Latin American sense.
Meet Fran Montecino at:
- Website: franmontecino.weebly.com
- Instagram: @fran_montecino
Re Must: Constanza and Carolina are the ones behind the upcycling brand, Re Must.
Their mission as upcycling clothing manufacturers, in addition to operating through the circular economy, is to strengthen our bond with the consumer. Its creators believe that the promotion of a sustainable life must be based on its viability; the exclusivity of her garments only encompasses the fact that they are unique, but not inaccessible.
Meet Re Must at:
- Website: www.remust.cl
- Instagram: @remust.store
Green-E
Clothing brand of designer Valentina Greene.
Jeans clothing, built from recycled garments.
The proposal is based on rediscovering and reusing disused garments and materials, under the concept of slow fashion and fashion. Each garment is unique , some designs you can order (preorder) to measure.
Meet Green-E at:
- Instagram: @soygreene
