Upcycling is not a utopia.
Made in France is not a utopia.
The key to achieving it: the strength of the collective.
We're helping a new generation of designers get started in eco-friendly fashion (Vintage & Upcycling).
We take care to ensure a diversity of profiles within the collective, and in particular to include and support young talents who have not yet gained experience in fashion.
For our "Atelier" line, we work hand-in-hand with each designer in the collective to create unique 100% upcycled pieces for everyday wear, which we produce locally in Paris on demand or in small runs.
For our "Vintage" line, the collective's second-hand bargain hunters carefully select existing pieces with their own eye, to offer an eclectic wardrobe with character.
The Designers & Stylists of the collective
Together, we can revolutionize fashion to make it inclusive,
job-creating and ecological.
Collectors
You, our customers, who can bring us your clothes to transform them.
And our collection partners (Les Fripiers de Saint-Ouen, Le Relais, Emmaüs, La Collecterie, etc.) who collect and sort 250,000 tonnes of used clothing per year in France.
Our designers
who imagine our creations: young talents from all backgrounds and all levels of experience. Not always fashion school graduates, but with great ideas, a fresh and daring take on today's fashion.
Workshops
clothing in Île-de-France, some of which promote professional reintegration. Dressmakers with golden hands, upcycling specialists and armed with patience to unstitch, cut, then assemble our clothes.
Established at the Saint-Ouen flea market,
second-hand fashion capital of the world for 150 years.
It was during 4 months of immersion in this microcosm of recovery installed at the gates of Paris for more than 150 years that the idea of the project matured.
Where fashion lovers of all ages, all backgrounds and all social classes meet.
Also there where at the end of the day piles of textile waste litter the ground, for lack of having found a taker because of a hole or a stain. This is a reflection of what is happening in the current system: the second hand is on the rise, but where do all these clothes go when they are damaged? It is estimated that more than 40% end up in surface landfill in Africa.
Join us “on the other side of the periphery” in a new local movement: collaborative upcycling. An avant-garde system, in harmony with the spirit of the chips, which puts people, common sense and creation at the heart.
ReFUNK pays tribute to this district which is the illustration of the meeting between the fashion of the past and that of the future, which we are building together.
Samia, founder
My desire: to initiate a new truly virtuous system, by federating to create and have fun together!
