As defined by Merriam-Webster, upcycling means "creat[ing] an object of greater value from a discarded object of lesser value." But it goes beyond merely recycling: Though that's definitely better for the environment than letting garbage accumulate in landfills, the mainstream fashion industry has long claimed that upcycling isn't scalable.
But the movement really gained broader momentum in the Spring 2021 collections. And it's not hard to see why: As the first collections designed entirely in a global, pandemic-induced lockdown, these clothes were conceived during a time of smaller margins and a greater sense of the need for frugality without compromising on creativity. Suddenly, it seemed every brand was using deadstock textiles or upcycling or both.
In fact, that's the question that could be asked of all the environmentally positive changes that happened to fashion month as a result of the pandemic, of which upcycling was only one. Upcycling may face the same fate. If the movement toward upcycling was motivated primarily by limited access to funds and new materials, it's easy to imagine designers abandoning it once those limitations are removed.
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