by admin on August 3, 2010
Last year the action sports clothing label Volcom, in collaboration wiht the National Coalition for the Homeless donated over 5,000 pair of jeans to fifty different homeless shelters nation-wide in their Denim Recycle Program called, Give Jeans a Chance”. This year the brand is back with 200 more participating Volcom stores in North America and hopes of collecting 10,000+ pair of jeans. The campaign kicked off on August 1st and runs through the end of September.
We saw other Ecological brands like Factory Vintage and Cream Vintage start this type of donation drive, but it is great to see larger brands jump on the recycle band wagon as well. Volcom retailers will place the denim recycling bin in the store for clients to bring worn or used jeans in decent condtion. If you do, you will recieve a special hat, sticker or button compliments of the “Give a Jeans a Chance Campaign. You will aslo enter a contest to win a years supply of Volcom brand jeans.
image via Volcom
image via Volcom
Visit a participating Give a Jeans a Chance store near you. Or better yet, if you have an extra pair of jeans and you pass a homeless person, go ahead and hand them over.
by Milo on July 23, 2010
We are big fans of re-purposing old clothing. Not only can you turn old clothing into new re-usable garments, but these guys show us that you can turn them into interesting pieces of art as well. The duo Guerra de la Paz , consisting of Alain Guerra and Neraldo La Paz , managed intelligently gamble on recycling old clothes to create works of art . A real freshness and undeniable talent emerging from these compositions . We found this information and photos over at Fubiz.net and were very excited to see it.
These images are a few of our favorites, but head on over to Fubiz.net to see the entire collection.
Images Courtesy of Fubiz.net
by Milo on July 17, 2010
Check out this cool little handbag. I wish that I would of thought of this last time we were updating our computers and hardware. It is not really recycling vintage clothing, like we normally do, but it is recycling and it is an accessory. This kind of reminds me of the Cassette Coin Purse, and other clever inventions.
The folks over at Perpetualkid.com have this for sale on their storefront. This is what they have to say about it:
My type of style! Go wireless with our techno savvy Recycled Keyboard Shoulder Purse. It’s made from recycled computer keyboards. Show off you environmental a-wear-ness and “re”decorate with some eco-friendly goods! Your friends will be “green” with envy!
Makes the perfect gift for that geeky girl in your life!
Our Recycled Keyboard Shoulder Purse measures 7.5 inches tall x 9.5 inches wide. Shoulder Strap measures 20 inches from shoulder to bag.
They are going for $44.95 over at Perpetualkid.com
by LNDZ on July 14, 2010
Ruffles are all the rage in fashion this season from headbands down to your peep toe sandals. Although it is possible to go a little overboard on the ruffles. Only choose one item per outfit to ruffle or dare to look like a poofy cream puff! We have picked out a couple of DIY t-shirt tutorials to girlie up your attire while maintaining your edge.
by admin on June 17, 2010
Why buy used clothing?
I guess the best way to answer this question would to first answer the question, why buy new clothing? Well we buy new clothing, or accessories for a few different reasons. The average consumer may need new clothes because their other clothing is old or soiled. This is a good reason, but not necessarily the only reason why we are drawn to purchase new stuff. In most cases, at least here in the United States, we a drawn to purchase new items of clothing because we feel the need to have new stuff. Even when our old stuff, well just isn’t that old.
It all starts out at a young age. Young girls want to look like the pop stars on TV, young boys want to look like the athletes. They are not picking out clothes for functionality or warmth, but instead only for a look. For this reason the average consumer is drawn to purchase new clothing not for a need, but for a look. If it is a look that you are going after, why not purchased the clothing used.
There is a good chance, no matter how original you think that your style is, that somebody else was chasing that look before you. When they went after the look it may have been the “New Thing” so they paid top dollar for some designer duds that were just a knock-off of a collection created 20 years prior. You, the much wiser hipster, already knew that with all of your independent fashion knowledge, so why would you be suckered into paying top dollar? Why not pay half the price, or a tenth of the price and get the same article vintage or slightly used at a wholesale rate?
