Local designers offer blueprints to turn old outfits into bespoke pieces

Project seeks to support local tailors, spur people to repurpose old items

- Natasha Ann Zachariah

Seven home-grown fashion labels have come together in a new initiative to provide free blueprints for people to turn their old clothes into new designer pieces.

Called Recustom, the sustainability project seeks to support local tailors and encourage people to repurpose old clothes instead of throwing them away.

The blueprints for the 15 designs ranging from contemporary street looks to ethnic wear for both men and women - include instructions for tailors to construct each look, along with the type and quantity of pre-loved clothes needed to create it.

Depression, Graye, Sabrinagoh, Ans.ein, Baebeeboo, Lark and Peony, and Kebaya by Ratianah are the fashion labels that have created the looks for the project.

The blueprints can be downloaded from Recustom's website, which was launched on April 11.

Graye's creative director, Ms Xie QianQian, provided the blueprint for the Shoto Baseball Collar Top, which has an adjustable buckle.

She suggested using different striped shirts to make this.