Ashley Jess Knight x Unsold. Retold.
Ashley Jess Knight is an award-winning London-based textile upcycler and designer who transforms deadstock and recycled materials into colourful, one-of-a-kind jackets and accessories. Winner of the Clothworkers Award at Cockpit Arts, she also leads workshops that help people build creative skills and rethink fashion waste.
For Unsold. Retold., Ashley stopped designing for the garments and started designing with them, letting each garment’s colours, construction and quirks guide playful, story-led designs through weaving, appliqué and embroidery, using only the pieces found and studio offcuts.
IN-STORE AT CRISIS CAMBERWELL
12 independent makers. Unsold donated garments. Completely original pieces. See how UNSOLD. RETOLD. came to life.
We gave 12 independent makers access to unsold donated garments and invited them to see what they could become.
The result is UNSOLD. RETOLD. – a series of limited collections for which existing garments have been transformed into original, one-off pieces.
50% of every sale goes to the maker, with 50% supporting Crisis’ work to end homelessness.
YOUR TURN TO RETELL.
Get creative yourself with bundles of unsold donated garments and textiles, sold by the kilo. Cut them up, take them apart, put them back together, embellish them – what they become next is up to you.
