Refashion Challenge
Yes, we're holding our very own Refashion Challenge. You can upcycle, alter, recycle & reuse to create something new and amazing from something old and forgotten.

 Anyone can enter children & adults, you don't have to be a current student, we want as many people as possible to get creative with waste. Multiple prizes to be won. 

...and there may even be a fashion show you can take part in, more details to follow! 
The Winners & Runners up!
We were so impressed by all of the entries we had for our Refashion Challenge, it was extremely difficult to choose the winners! 

Big thanks to our judges helping with the shortlist and our prize givers!! We have chosen: 

  •  L for her amazing denim dress, the judges were impressed with the detailed execution of her design, she has won a £20 voucher for Maggie's Fabrics London
  • S again with denim, she used her jeans inventively, turning them into a jacket, but retaining the features of the jeans, loved by judge Valerie from Kitty Fereria. She has won the Eco Future Zero Waste Shop wash bag & a Make Mee craft bundle.
  • Our Adult winners were ethical_ethical_e for her shoes! something we never would have thought of doing! she has won a £15 Offset Warehouse voucher to buy lovely ethical fabrics. 
  • Eleanor with her trousers into dungarees, she has won a Make Mee Studio workshop voucher. 

  • The runners up were: 
  • L’s too small dress transformed into a skirt and a top, she gets a Make Mee gift, 
  • Botterman_empire‘s umbrella bag, such a great idea for something we usually put in the bin.   Treat yourself to something from Selkie Patterns. 
  • l G & P turned granny & grandads clothes into new outfits, you get a chocolatey surprise. 
  •  Rosie’s dress to top gets her a meal at @talbot_brockley & finally 
  • L’s design was loved by The Unfinished Seamstress for for adding a bit of fun to smithing plain. Make Mee gift for you. 
  • We wish everyone could win, we loved all of them! Keep on refashioning guys!! 
How To Enter 
  • We need to see before & after pictures of your items. 

  • Submit via instagram with the hashtag #makemeeintosomethingnew and a description of what you've done, or email to info@makemeestudio.co.uk or we can take pictures in real life at the studio.

  • No refashion too big or too small, repairs, alterations all welcome. 

  • Please DO NOT buy new items to refashion, this project is all about reviving old items you or your friends & family no longer wear or are broken. (If you have nothing to use but want to join in let us know and we can maybe help with sourcing.) 

  • Clothes, homewares, inanimate objects, hey if you can get an old kitchen sink in there: instant prize!

  • All entries in by Thursday 18th April.

  • We will be holding a sharing event during Fashion Revolution Week 22nd - 28th April in Lewisham, let us know if you would like to be a part of this! (Not a requirement.)
Why? 

The Shocking Facts
  • Over 300,000 tonnes of clothing & textiles are sent to landfill every year. (Wrap)
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  • That's a whopping £12.5 Billon pounds worth of clothing going in the bin. (Vanish)
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  • 95% of that could be reused or recycled. (Traid)
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  • The average life span of an item of clothing is just 2.2 years. (Wrap)
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  • 23% of the items in Londoner’s wardrobes aren't being worn, that’s 123 million items. (Traid)
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  • More than half of the clothing produced is disposed of in under a year. (Ellen Macarthur Foundation)
Join us!
 
When you can sew you have great power in being able to unlock the potential in broken, forgotten, ill fitting items and turn them in to something new and keep them in use for longer.
 
It's heartbreaking when you think about the time, energy and resources that go into making our clothes and the people in the supply chain that make them, and we just throw them in the bin! 

We're coinciding this competition with Fashion Revolution Week which falls on the anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed 1138 people and injured many more on 24th April 2013. During this week consumers ask brands #whomademyclothes to encourage transparency in the fashion industry.

Fashion Revolution aims to radically change the way our clothes are sourced, produced and consumed, so that our clothing is made in a safe, clean and fair way. 

Making your own and refashioning is a message to brands that we don't just need to buy endless amounts of new clothing to be fashionable, we can take power in to our own hands! 
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