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BySympany x Kuyichi Jeans with Upcycled Textiles

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BySympany Upcycling by Sympany

Sympany is a textile recycling social enterprise from The Netherlands, it collects and re-purposes used clothing in order to fund charitable projects. The gathered second-hand clothes are being sold a.o. in African countries. (specifically to Zambia, Malawi, DR Congo and Angola) The used clothes are also being recycled into cleaning cloths and insulation material and they are upcycled into ‘new fabrics’ as well.

The launch at Magazijn in Amsterdam, behind the sewing machine: Vita Stasiukynaite, student at the fashion dept at the Rietveld Academy.
Embroidery-artist Victoria Villasana’s embelishment of the black and white photography by JW Kaldenbach. imagecredits: mimi berlin blogger team
Invite for the launch. imagecredits: bysympany.nl
The Jeans

BySympany

BySympany is a new initiative in which funds are generated by collaborating with (sustainable) fashion brands. The collab with Dutch jeanslabel Kyuchi is the first in line: ‘By Sympany By Kuyichi created jeans with upcycled rags. (20% of the jeans consist of recovered fibres)
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Robin de Vogel: I Twisted More Than My Neck

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Robin de Vogel, I twisted more than my neck
Robin de Vogel, I twisted more than my neck at Magazijn
Robin de Vogel, I twisted more than my neck
Robin de Vogel, I twisted more than my neck at Magazijn
Robin de Vogel, I twisted more than my neck
Robin de Vogel, I twisted more than my neck at Magazijn

Robin de Vogel, I twisted more than my neck, 2014. Robin de Vogel took pictures at various places of embellished walls, and copied them onto other walls. She did that for SALON/Big Bang on the walls of Magazijn in Amsterdam and created wonderful nooks and corners in the gallery.