These creatives turn thrifted bedsheets into bucket hats.
, among others. One of their signature techniques also involves the Split & Swap technique, where, “we slice two shirts in half and sew them together,” says Groenendijk.1. When did your obsession with vintage and thrifting begin?
Deery: My love for thrifting started in 2014, when my grandma took me to the thrift store for the first time. I was previously against shopping secondhand, because I thought it wasn’t “cool.” That was until I found my first piece of quality clothing: A Polo Ralph Lauren linen paisley button-down shirt. This made me realize that the “coolest” clothing you can find is probably hiding in a thrift store.Groenendijk: I remember hanging out with Jordan one day [in high school]. He suggested thrifting.
Deery: Most of my creative sessions start with brainstorming ideas and writing them down. My ideas come from a lot of different places. It could be the way the clouds or a particular plant looks, or a piece of art. I make it my goal when starting a project to figure out a way to make something that has never been created before.addressing such criticism].
Groenendijk: First, let us explain the timeline of used clothing. Usually people donate to local charity shops, Goodwill, and Salvation Army. From here, you have “graders” that judge the quality of the donated clothes. Typically, these processing centers only choose about 5 percent of the clothing they get, which is what you see on the racks. The remaining majority is either designated for landfills, or gets packaged into big bundles called bales, which are then sold by the pound to rag houses.
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