Sustainable Fashion Matterz

During the ‘48 Stunden Neukölln’ art festival in Berlin we invited residents and visitors to our participatory art installation ‘En Plein Air’ and to STREET-SHOPPPING tours on mobile clothes horses.

“We share change-making fashion brands and educate about responsible consumption. Our mission is to transform the fashion industry towards a circular and socially responsible system and drive businesses to serve the UN's SDGs. Regardless of your starting point in humanitarian justice and environmentalism, everyone is inclusively invited to be part of this movement.” - The Stitch

Feel The Ground is a short docu-fiction film in the first person. It is in Wolof, English and German. It portrays different cultural views on sustainable fashion consumption and the social issues around it. It tells the journey of a Senegalese woman living in Berlin where she studies Film. While working on one of her university assignments, she decides to create a documentary on Sustainable Fashion which led to her dreaming about the times she used to be bullied for wearing second-hand clothing. Through her voyage, she's giving her thoughts on the matter and interviewing people to find new perspectives. Towards the end, she confronts the bully.

With this charity rental campaign we aim to raise awareness of the place most people don’t think about when purchasing a new (fast fashion) item. It will educate about Kantamanto, one of the places where our clothes end up when we think we do something good by donating them to a charity collection bin. By opening the wardrobes of influencers Blogger Bazaar, Helen Fares & Lois Opoku to the public, renting, a circular way of consuming fashion is made attractive. Renters can choose between 3, 6 and 12 Day rental and get it delivered emission and packaging free straight to their door. With all rental proceeds going to the Fire Relief Fund we’re able to get them closer to their go-fund-me goal and have people looking good while doing good.

Xcess is a composition of 200 bags made out of plastic waste. Transforming polythene, car tyres and flip flops into bags. The materials used do not decay and accumulate hence causing hazards to the Environment. We are targeting 'Excess' garbage with in Kampala communities. We are creating a solution where negative excess becomes positive through productivity.

To help the fashion industry treat Indigenous and craft communities with fairness and equity, the Cultural Intellectual Property Rights Initiative® developed the 3Cs' Rule: Consent. Credit. Compensation ©. The 3Cs - Get Weaving! Campaign is an informative online, social media campaign focused on the 3Cs' Rule and the relevant terminology associated with it.

CYCLES, a visual journey, exploring the topic of Circularity through culture, dance, music & fashion. We know we need to move towards a more holistic and circular understanding of the world in order to live within the means of our planet. But what does circularity really mean? How can we embrace it through fashion, through music, through dance, through culture? With this film we want to explore the idea of circular culture. By uniting different fields of artistry under the topic of circularity, we created a visual essay that can help us understand our circular nature. The film is planned to be released mid-end August.

Pillar 5 is a multi-layered business model, centering around two main pillars: our curated, ethical marketplace and the visual story telling of designers and makers. As the name already reveals leans the project on five layers in total, which we will mention in the following:

We have created a week long day summer camp and workshops geared towards kids ages 8-12. Using different themes on the environmental and social implications of the fast fashion industry, we want to educate kids about where their clothing comes from, who makes it and in what conditions, and what happens to it at the end of the life cycle. We have partnered with a Canadian non-profit organization called Fashion Takes Action to use some of their educational materials, and will also include textile arts projects so that kids can practice some techniques, get creative, and develop an appreciation for the work that goes into what we wear.

“Our vision is to make fashion sustainable together, by creating the world’s biggest collaborative closet.” - @uptraded
Uptraded, founded by Anna and Bruno, have worked on the development of their tinder style Clothes Swapping app and motivated…