Ethical and sustainable fashion is a couturier’s job (and Emily in Paris likes it too) | Vanity Fair Italy

What happens when a Sonia Rykiel dress and a pair of Yohji Yamamoto pants come together? And when judogi (judo kimono) are assembled together and decorated with metal chains? they are born amazing new fashion creations that could end up – and in fact end up – in the most fashionable series of the moment, Emily in Paris.

This happens when the project is behind the know how Of Renaissance Projecta non-profit association created with the aim of offering training in upcycling for high fashion to unemployed people of all ages, genders, origins and cultures, which, during its four years of life, has earned recognition from the Federation of Haute Couture and Fashion.

Presented in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, in the days of haute couture, l’Upcycling Couture Salon is the new project of the associationwhich will have its permanent headquarters in Fontenay-sous-Bois, in the Paris suburbs, e will offer its customers the opportunity to give new life to garments they love but no longer wearthanks to the work of the expert couturiers trained by the Renaissance Project.

Founded in 2018, Renaissance Project has a double and noble purpose: giving a second chance to clothes, destined to remain unused or destroyed, and to people. Many of the tailors and seamstresses who participate in the association’s training courses are people far from the world of work, with social fragilityare differently abled, refugees, single mothers… who – through their passion for work – are offered the opportunity not only to reintegrate into society but also to rediscover their self-esteem.