Unique. Upcycled.
Sustainable. Fashion.
Simply put, our designs are one of a kind. We let our upcycled fabrics tell us their stories, and then we design and sew. We’ll hold on to a piece for months, waiting until we meet its mate - the sleeve on a duster, the lining of a pocket.
There’s also a bit of magic, in how the pattern plays, how much fabric was in the piece - remember, we’re working with things like antique tablecloths - not something that can be matched easily or another metre of fabric bought off the roll!
We buy the pieces that speak to us and try to give them a new life - through you.
It all began with a glass eye...
I was shopping at one of my favourite places in the world ‘Les Puces’ - Marché aux Puces de Paris. It’s a treasure hunt for a history-loving thrifter like me, and a must-stop each time I visit Paris.
I stumbled across a booth with treasures galore - jewelry, hats, vanity sets, and a small box filled with glass eyes. Real glass eyes. I was speaking to the shopkeeper who said they came from a closing sale at an oddity shop, and were all really used, in the late 1800s.
They were beautiful, unique, and a bit out of my ‘glass eyes’ budget for the day. So I left it. And then I didn't. Learn how KIMONOIR was born that day...
