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Blog posts, research signals, and practical reflections from the people shaping fashion upcycling.
We dive deep in Episode 5. Angie's conversation with Dr. Luca Coscieme, Programme Lead for Sustainable Lifestyles at the Hot or Cool Institute, started from the question: how sustainable is fashion upcycling, really? By the end, it was clear that the real question is much bigger.
Read postWhat if the biggest gap in fashion's circularity strategy isn't a missing technology, but a group of artists, independent designers, and creatives the system doesn't yet know how to classify? That's the question sitting underneath Episode 4 of COM/VERGE, where Angie sits down with Katarina Biloglav, Public Affairs Manager at The Policy Hub, to look at where EU fashion regulation is actually heading — and where upcyclers fit into a picture that, right now, mostly doesn't include them.
Read postSix years into running MOOT, Michael Pfeifer still isn't sure he'd call himself a fashion person. The question underneath this episode is what happens to an upcycling business when it focuses on volume for impact
Read postEpisode 1 asked whether upcycling brands need to scale, or whether staying small and close to the community is the real strategy. Josefina Coll's episode adds a new layer to that question: staying close to yourself, and scaling both your impact and your wellbeing — not by growing bigger, but by growing smarter.
Read postOur new podcast on the business and art of fashion upcycling launches with a question: do upcyclers need to grow big, or is staying small and close to the community the actual power strategy?
Read postCOM/VERGE is RIVED's new podcast for the global fashion upcycling community. The name holds two ideas: community + convergence. Because that's what it is for: making a movement that's been working in isolation visible, together.
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