Fashionable upcycling
"Have you ever wished you were your own fashion designer?
Do you want to reduce waste by upcycling old textiles? We'll show you how! Join us and
enjoy this journey as much as we will"
Charly and Marina
Our Shop with a variety of second-life products and paterns will be updated soon.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
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Fast fashion generates more CO2 than aviation and shipping combined
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Workers in the garment industry are mostly required to work 14-16 hours per day with wages around 33 cent per hour
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Over 150 million trees are logged and turned into fabric every year
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It takes 2700 L of water to produce the amount of cotton needed for a single t-shirt
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20% of global wastewater comes from textile dying dyeing
Sources: canopyplanet.org, WWF, earth.org
"We want to inspire you to improve these statistics through sewstainable decisions!"
Charly and Marina
ABOUT US
We are Charly and Marina, originally from Norway and Russia. Our paths first crossed in Switzerland, when Charly started sewing for her kids and family members while being pregnant, and later taught Marina. We both dream of a more sustainable world through our joint passion for upcycling and redesign of second hand materials.
During the past year we have worked to inspire others to take part in our journey through developing a network of fellow creative people, creating over 150 videos and posts on our Instagram page. We have also hosted several workshops teaching both kids and adults in Zürich about the joys of sewing and upcycling.
We hope you will join us during this journey and share our common passion for creating a more sustainable future, one stitch at a time.
OUR INSTAGRAM
Check our instagram for the most up to date information, sewing inspiration or scheduled courses. We focus on showing easy sewing tips and tricks, tutorials, redesigned fashion and information about how to become more sewstainable