John Brooks

Interesting upcycling of denim by John Brooks. John runs a small independent label 'Looming' making textiles for fashion and homewear.

"I enjoy the process of hand weaving and like the idea of carefully made textile products which reject the notion of fast fashion." John Brooks

Seasons Change

A collaboration between Anouk Vogel (landscape architect) and Mattjis van Bergen (fashion designer)This dress is devised from used bicycle inner tubes. The dress has a Dahlia like surface that acts as clusters of mini vases. The type of flowers used to fill these vases causes the appearance of the dress to change dramatically, so it can easily reflect the changing seasons.

Ropa 12-NADA

Mercedes Martinez and Mariano Breccia are the founders of design house, '12-NA'. Based between Argentina and Chili '12-NA' deconstruct, reconstruct and jam together wild fabric, colour and style combinations, into up-cycled garments, unique and sparky.

Lu Flux I

Lots of startling inspiration for your projects, from the wonderful collections of Lu Flux. Lu is a London based designer who trained at ECA and creates unique pieces of clothing, working with salvaged fabrics, using techniques such as knitting, pleating and patchwork.

Piece by Piece

Piece by Piece was founded in 2008 by Elizabeth Brunner, based on the idea that existing materials as a precious resource with untapped potential. Piece by Piece uses fabric samples as both inspiration and the fabric for her individual, one of a kind, garments.

Ari Tabei

Ari Tabei has the nesting instinct bad! she makes nests, garments and bags like cocoons.

''With these materials, I package my body to disconnect myself from reality, but also to tie myself to it.'' Ari Tabei

Have a look at the link Ari Tabei uses lots of interesting techniques to construct her garments.

Heidi Moon

Heidi Moon is a graduate of Greys Art School, she currently reclaims, upcycles and refashions textiles into clothing, jewelry and soft toys, she is very daring and experimental and uses lots of different techniques to style her pieces. There is lots of inspiration to be drawn from Heidi's work, she is also a member of Denim Surgery and Trashionista on flickr .

Alison Willoughby

Alison Willoughby, uses every technique available to a textile artist/ fashion designer/crafts person. Like a fine chef she throws unusual ingredients into the mix to create garments with unique character, flavour and flare. Be inspired . . . by Alison Willoughby.

Tracey Emin Quilts

Tracey Emin uses quilting and embroidery techniques, and domestic traditional textiles and environments to add to the shocking quality of her art. It is a scrap book diary using textiles, possibly textiles with a history and memory to them old dresses and sheets to add to their evocative nature.