As more designers focus on minimising waste, and creating new memories from old, upcycling is poised to go bigger, especially in a fabric-rich country like India. “I realised there’s so much available within our systems to work with.” Her three-year-old label, Doodlage, refashions patches of discarded fabric into shirts, jumpsuits, dresses, kurtis and more. “It’s almost like a puzzle, you sit with each piece and decide what you want to do with it,” she says. Upcycling aligns itself with the slow fashion movement, in which designers eschew mass production and make eco-conscious, ethical choices. Aneeth Arora of Péro started an upcycle offshoot of her label two years ago, and the inspiration came from home.

Source: Hindustan Times June 11, 2016 10:52 UTC