rethreads
32 sales, 11 comments
(100.0% positive feedback)
32 sales, 11 comments
(100.0% positive feedback)
Registered in Aug 2008
Located in Christchurch
Canterbury
rethreads's shop
Rethreads emerged officially in 2007 through my love of textiles and passion for recycling and reconstructing.
I call it Guerilla Clothing. Rethreads creates clothes that are affordable, lasting favorites that you can wear for a few seasons then shred and compost at the end of their long wearing life.
I hate the waste of the fashion industry and feel horrified when my stuff is referred to as "fashion". Of course, if there was no fashion there would be no 'rethreads' so it's an interesting love-hate relationship I have there. I hate fashion but I love buying your fashion mistakes and then selling them back to you in a way that makes you feel funky and colourful and gives me a nice wad of loot to go buy more supplies with!
We make clothes for larger women as well as skinny chicks, as we believe everyone deserves to look cool and funky according to their mood and personality - not their size!
Our raw materials are sourced locally - keeping travel miles as low as possible.
We aim to be a zero waste business, our scrap textile gets put into cushions, paper is recycled, and everything that can be reused by the local kindy gets sent there.
When you buy a rethreads garment you not only get a one off unique garment - you get to adopt a whole set of values that feel fantastic to live by! We aim to be positively subversive - so if you have always wanted to be an activist but never known where to start and don't have the time - your contribution to a world fit for our children and grandchildren are only a few mouse clicks away!
Purchasing a rethreads garment is great for the world we all want to live in!
I call it Guerilla Clothing. Rethreads creates clothes that are affordable, lasting favorites that you can wear for a few seasons then shred and compost at the end of their long wearing life.
I hate the waste of the fashion industry and feel horrified when my stuff is referred to as "fashion". Of course, if there was no fashion there would be no 'rethreads' so it's an interesting love-hate relationship I have there. I hate fashion but I love buying your fashion mistakes and then selling them back to you in a way that makes you feel funky and colourful and gives me a nice wad of loot to go buy more supplies with!
We make clothes for larger women as well as skinny chicks, as we believe everyone deserves to look cool and funky according to their mood and personality - not their size!
Our raw materials are sourced locally - keeping travel miles as low as possible.
We aim to be a zero waste business, our scrap textile gets put into cushions, paper is recycled, and everything that can be reused by the local kindy gets sent there.
When you buy a rethreads garment you not only get a one off unique garment - you get to adopt a whole set of values that feel fantastic to live by! We aim to be positively subversive - so if you have always wanted to be an activist but never known where to start and don't have the time - your contribution to a world fit for our children and grandchildren are only a few mouse clicks away!
Purchasing a rethreads garment is great for the world we all want to live in!
