no. 1_ cycl_d

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“This world already has everything we need to exist. The fact that we are overproducing and overconsuming contributes to an expedited climate crisis. I believe everyone needs to do their part. No matter who you are, you contribute to consumerism and generate waste in your life. You have a responsibility to care for the rate at which you do so. There’s a misconception that everyone needs to become a minimalist to address these issues, but in truth we just need to use more of what is being discarded.” 

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Alessia Aucoin is a Canadian designer who lives and works in New York City / @cycl_d

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JENEVIEVE WEARS BODY HARNESS UPCYCLED FROM CLIMBING GEAR CYCL-D x ALESSIA AUCOIN 2024 / GLOVES UPCYCLED FROM columbia WINDBREAKER CYCL-D x ALESSIA AUCOIN 2024 / VINTAGE SILK BIAS CUT DRESS (DISPLAY COPY) / ARTISANAL SARI SILK FRINGED JUTE SLIPPERS UPCYCLED AND DEADSTOCK MATERIALS STUDIO K. S. TEHARA + PLA SHOES COLLECTION NO. 2 

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PHOTOGRAPHY → JASON THOMAS GEERING / STYLING → BRYNN HEMINWAY / HAIR → GINGER LEIGH RYAN / MAKEUP → ALLIE SMITH / TALENT → JENEVIEVE / STYLING ASSISTANTS → ANNIE DAHL + EMMA SCHLECHT / SPECIAL THANKS → KEV MGMT 

NO. 2_ Conor O’Driscoll

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“I love using found materials in my work, specifically hardware and textiles found on the street. I’m drawn to the specific effects that the street imposes on found materials. The textiles become perfectly distressed and faded and metals can find themselves without function, therefore ready for a new purpose. It’s interesting to think about where these textiles and metals existed previously and how I can give them a new life that might be the complete opposite of their original intended purpose.”

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CONOR O'DRISCOLL is an American designer who lives and works in New York City. / @conordodriscoll

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ALEX WEARS TAILORED SILK CORSET UPCYCLED FROM OLD SUIT LININGS AND FOUND METAL CLOSURES CONOR O'DRISCOLL 2024 / INSIDE-OUT OVERSIZED JEANS CONOR O'DRISCOLL 2024 / UNDERWEAR UPCYCLED FROM LEATHER SCRAPS AND FOUND PLASTIC CONOR O'DRISCOLL 2024

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PHOTOGRAPHY → YOUN KIM / STYLING → LIAM NEUPERT / TALENT  → ALEX DAUR / SPECIAL THANKS → JAG MODELS

NO. 3_ KATY MASON

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“I’m not a jeweler. I don’t know how to make jewelery. It’s more wearable art than jewelery. The point of it is to question how we value things. This idea that jewelery can only be made from precious metals or rare gemstones is false. Why not just pick anything up, wear it, and make it your “jewel”? I think for a lot of people, there’s value in the things they find at the bottom of their drawer, things that have been sitting there for ages and they can’t get rid of. So, I ask, why isn’t that your earring?”

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Katy Mason is a British designer who lives and works in London. / @katymasonstudio

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SAMSARA WEARS SHOES UPCYCLED WITH BROKEN ELECTRONICS AND BROKEN, VINTAGE AND SECONDHAND JEWELRY KATY MASON / VINTAGE BODYSUIT (STYLIST'S ARCHIVE) / VINTAGE SOCKS NIKE (STYLIST'S ARCHIVE) 

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PHOTOGRAPHY → ANA GARCIA / STYLING → CLEMENTINE SAGLIO / HAIR → ADAM GARLAND / TALENT → SAMSARA 

NO. 4_ 240791

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"The job of the designer is pure luxury. People can survive by getting dressed in jeans and t-shirts. But it's the same with art — nobody needs it for practical reasons, but it helps us evolve, activates us, and reveals a small, dreamy universe — so intense and fascinating that it makes us see beyond the obvious and dive into the unknown. When it comes to survival, art is not considered vital, but in a deeper sense of the world, it surely is. Without it, our suffering brains would be too square to decode the world."

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ELENI KAVVADA is a Greek designer who lives and works in Athens. / @240791ek

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DAN WEARS oversized gilet with black satin pouches UPCYCLED FROM REMNANt fabric and pillow stuffing 240791 'bring me to the cosmos' 2025

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PHOTOGRAPHY → elani kavvada / TALENT → DAN / SPECIAL THANKS → SONS AND DAUGHTERS MGT

NO. 5_ CLEO INGERSOLL

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"I first fell in love with upcycling at Parsons when I created a boro textile from discarded socks and clothing fragments — materials deemed unusable. This intimate, entirely handmade textile reshaped how I thought about design, reinforcing the idea that a garment’s essence often lies in its materiality. For my senior thesis, 'From Ashes to Dust', I worked almost exclusively with vintage, deadstock and repurposed fabric — from the 1950s U.S. Army blankets to 1960s fur coats and deadstock Parisian moiré. My approach was grounded in hauntology — a term coined by French philosopher Jaques Derrida that encompasses the persistence of the past embedded in the present and future; the idea that materials carry histories within them. Upcycling allows fashion to move beyond pure artifice, embracing storytelling and the tracing past lives embedded in fabric."

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Cleo Ingersoll is an American designer who lives and works in New York City. / @cleoingersoll

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OWEN WEARS GILET WITH DETACHABLE GLOVE UPCYCLED FROM 1960S MINK AND LEATHER TIES CLEO INGERSOLL ‘FROM ASHES TO DUST’ 2024 / UNDERWEAR WITH BIAS BINDING UPCYCLED FROM SUEDE LEATHER CLEO INGERSOLL ‘FROM ASHES TO DUST’ 2024 

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PHOTOGRAPHY → STEVEN STINSON / ART DIRECTION → CY LINTZ / TALENT → OWEN DE’ATH VANCE / LIGHTING DESIGN → MAX KÜTZ

NO. 6_ studio k.s. tehara

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“I come from one of India's oldest tailoring and dye-making families; both of my grandfathers were tailors and I saw how resourceful they were — crafting suiting and shirting from whatever materials they could access and saving any yardage they had left. I feel like the age-old challenge is how to make upcycled garments look polished and special. Some brands have succeeded, but overall, shifting the perception of upcycling could help it play a larger role in the mainstream fashion industry. I see the future of upcycling as a necessity — with global challenges like climate change, we don’t have a choice. The question is how this can be done at scale and how we facilitate access to materials.”

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Kishan S. Tehara is a British Indian designer who lives and works in New York City. / @k.s.tehara

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TALYA WEARS QUILTED SARI SILK MOCK NECK MADE FROM RECYCLED AND DEADSTOCK MATERIALS  STUDIO K. S. TEHARA COLLECTION NO. 2 / AVIATOR SAFETY GLASSES 1990S (DISPLAY COPY) / HOODIE 'AUDUBON OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS' 1980S (CARNY COUTURE) / REWORKED VINTAGE CULOTTE UPCYCLED LEVI'S 501S B SIDES JEANS

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PHOTOGRAPHY → JASON THOMAS GEERING / STYLING → BRYNN HEMINWAY / HAIR  → GINGER LEIGH RYAN / MAKEUP → ALLIE SMITH / TALENT → TALYA / STYLING ASSISTANTS → ANNIE DAHL + EMMA SCHLECHT / SPECIAL THANKS → DREAMLAND AGENCY

NO. 7_ TAREET

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"Tareet — a Wolof word meaning ‘it tears’ — the sound when something is ripped — reflects the cultural history between African and European countries. My brand takes up the codes and aesthetics of Afro-European clothing, drawing from the cultural heritage of the family I grew up with. I blend elements from both African and European wardrobes, reworking old garments and end-of-roll fabrics through cutting and resewing, creating a hybrid wardrobe — a new language, a new universe."

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Etienne Diop is an African French designer who lives and works between Marseille, Paris and Senegal. / @tareet__

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DANIEL WEARS JACKET UPCYCLED FROM 1970S WEAVING MADE BY DIOP’S FAMILY IN MARSEILLE FRANCE TAREET / ‘THE REVERSE BAGGY PANT’ UPCYCLED FROM LEATHER REMNANTS AND SCREEN PRINTED WITH TAREET LOGO TAREET / BABOUCHES UPCYCLED FROM DISCARDED SNEAKERS TAREET X ASICS

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PHOTOGRAPHY → MIA DABROWSKI / STYLING → CLOTILDE FRANCESCHI / TALENT → DANIEL PELOFE

NO. 8_ GRAEC

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“I'm really interested in the idea of mending and have been working on new and interesting ways to preserve garments through repair, as opposed to redesigning them completely. I'd love to see more of an emphasis on mending and repair in the industry — whether that means more emerging designers that have clients who want custom repairs or larger houses offering mending services.”

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Grace Gordon is an American designer who lives and works in New York City. / @graec____

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ZOE WEARS WRAPPED METAL BRALETTE GRAEC COLLECTION NO. 1

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PHOTOGRAPHY → MAURICIO ZELAYA / STYLING → HENRY LI / TALENT → ZOE HEAD / SPECIAL THANKS → WOMEN MANAGEMENT

NO. 9_ nmb new york

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“I want to elevate the message that sustainability can be cool and you can be sustainable without sacrificing style. There’s always more to be explored in that space. It’s definitely not the easiest route to go, because if it was, every brand would be doing it and we wouldn’t have a problem. But design with purpose is freeing and rewarding. There are always going to be new ways to innovate. Designing a piece that doesn’t look “upcycled” proves the point that we don't need to use and produce new fabrics. We already have so much at our disposal. It's just about having the creativity to find new ways of using what we have.”

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Natalie Brown is an American designer who lives and works in New York City. / @nmbnewyork

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WIFE WEARS 'MOXY PLEATED SKIRT' UPCYCLED FROM 100% DEADSTOCK COTTON DENIM AND PLAID FABRIC NMB NEW YORK / NECKLACE UPCYCLED FROM KEYS AND RECYCLED SARI SILK YARN GRAEC COLLECTION NO. 1 / VINTAGE MACRAME FRINGE DRESS 1960S (DISPLAY COPY) / VINTAGE PYTHON COWBOY BOOTS (CARNY COUTURE)

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PHOTOGRAPHY → JASON THOMAS GEERING / STYLING → BRYNN HEMINWAY / HAIR  → GINGER LEIGH RYAN / MAKEUP → ALLIE SMITH / TALENT → WIFE ERATH / STYLING ASSISTANTS → ANNIE DAHL + EMMA SCHLECHT / SPECIAL THANKS → APM MODELS

NO. 10_ kimberly corday

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“People ask me why I’m drawn to Rococo art — how could a genre marked by frivolity ignite a body of work? It’s not just the extravagance that captivates me. It’s the mischief and sexuality that lie beneath [i.e. puckish cherubs, rosy rumps, voyeurism, eroticism under the guise of gaiety, etc]. It’s like a syrupy dessert cut with lemon and salt. I look at LA in the same light. It’s written off as this shimmering, sycophantic landscape when really, it’s dripping in louche features and haunting lore. Los Angeles is constantly upholding an elegant/punk dichotomy. I’m trying to achieve that same tension and surprise in my work.”

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Kimberly Corday is an American designer who lives and works in LA. / @kimberlycorday

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JOSEPHINE WEARS ‘RETURN OF THE LISSY DOLL’ UPCYCLED FROM VINTAGE GIRDLES, GARTER, LINGERIE CASES, BRAS AND SLIP KIMBERLY CORDAY ‘LACRIMOSA’ 2023

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PHOTOGRAPHY → PALEY FAIRMAN / STYLING → PAIGE BITTNER / HAIR → BRIANA DUNNING / MAKEUP → ZAHEER SUKHNANDAN / TALENT → JOSEPHINE CHUMLEY / LIGHTING ASSISTANT → THOMAS LINE

NO. 11_ XTINEL

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“It’s important for me as a designer to offer alternative visions of beauty. If I could change one thing about the fashion industry I’d have more trans women in leadership roles.”

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Stéphane Christinel is a Canadian designer who lives and works in Montreal. / @_xtinel

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AMAL WEARS_ HAT UPCYCLED FROM DISTRESSED DEADSTOCK AND PALE PINK COTTON JERSEY OFFCUT SCRAPS ‘BLACK ORCHID’ XTINEL 2024

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PHOTOGRAPHY → SHANNON DELANEY STEWART / MAKEUP → IMANI KHALAF / TALENT → AMAL GAMINE

NO. 12_ Julia Dotson

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“I want to capture the ever flowing lines of queerness in rural spaces and the dichotomy of agriculture in urban spaces. Someone or something where they shouldn’t be.”

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Julia Dotson is an American designer who lives and works in London. / @juliadotson

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TOMIQUE WEARS ‘NOTHING RUNS LIKE A QUEERE’ APRON / PIGGLY WIGGLY APRON / TURMERIC DYED TABLECLOTH TROUSERS / PAPER TAPE BINDER / MOLDED PAPER HAT 

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PHOTOGRAPHY → JENNA JONES / TALENT → TOMIQUE GIBSON

NO. 13_ KURRIIZMATIC

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“Until nine generations worth of clothing have been removed from the landfills across the world, I do not believe in creating new pieces that will end up there. We should only be using what is around us to end the cycle of waste and consumption that has been plaguing the industry. What companies spend millions trying to figure out, I apply and practice in my own room everyday.”

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Hector Diaz is a Canadian designer who lives and works in New York City. / @kurriizmatic

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FIA WEARS UPCYCLED BOTTLE CAP DRESS KURRIIZMATIC / VINTAGE PYTHON COWBOY BOOTS (CARNY COUTURE)

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PHOTOGRAPHY → JASON THOMAS GEERING / STYLING → BRYNN HEMINWAY / HAIR  → GINGER LEIGH RYAN / MAKEUP → ALLIE SMITH / TALENT → FIA / STYLING ASSISTANTS → ANNIE DAHL + EMMA SCHLECHT / SPECIAL THANKS → DREAMLAND AGENCY