PATCHED & REVAMPED

PATCHED & REVAMPED

Up cycling materials is important to me and i will do so for others as well.

Patched & Revamped is dedicated to my mom and every person in every church of homeless shelters i slept in at in 7th grade.

One for me has always meant one for you as well. For every flannel sold, one will be gifted to a homeless person as well.

Custom patches, patches from local artists, designs of exponential energy. Custom embroidery dedicated to my aunt who recently passed, she was so happy to show off her “easter shirt” to everybody, with embroidered flowers throughout the design.

I’ve never owned a garment of clothing that has fit perfectly and until i am producing entirely my own threads (and tapering others), i will continue to cut every cloth i own and upcycling the fabric for continuing the art of others. As well as make use of fabric when someone’s item needs it.

My mom and aunt even had to cut their socks. Not just socks but practically every article of clothing they own. Not to mention all the trips to make returns which result in shopping again in hopes that a few picked items will fit “correctly” or as comfortable as possible. “I can feel everything”. I understand im fairly particular myself, needing to alter every pair of pants i own to fit comfortably, rolling my sleeves bc i need the largest shirt i can fit but not wanting the baggy sleeves. If they had the time, im sure they would love to make their own best fitting clothes. I know im happy to finally take responsibility for what i wear in every aspect i possibly can. I’ve heard plenty of stories of their mom designing halloween costumes, school uniforms and casual outfits. I wish more people had time for the art of design.

Lets face it things have been pretty plain for quite some time. Just a couple elegant small details can be very flashy yet still classy on a quality garment. Low quality garments is just another issue that will soon be of the consumer- past. Our generation has value in everything, especially what we put on and in our bodies. Soon we will all be taking pride in the cloth on our bodies as we learn that true value comes from accomplishing self worth and gratitiude of this quality-worth shared from other artists.

Remember were all art.

The way you “feel” what you want to wear for the day and the way it “syncs” with your mood is art. You created that.

I’m currently working on a special design for pants that everyones been loving. Theres going to be multiple versions of this design and a variety of ways to express how its worn. im really excited about this project and am having new supplies coming in every other day.

I also have a very handy jewelry product brand new to the industry that i am almost finished makeing the prototype for! im even more excited about this project and how it was inspired.

I cant speak on details so stay tuned!

PATCHED & REVAMPED

Ultimately I hope to lower the consumerism of big brand corporations like macy’s, JC Penny, even Tjx, while influencing shopping at small business.

“Mini malls” for pop up shops rather than just once in a while pop up stands at events. As well as plazas for small businesses to have more access to “consumers” rather than just little pop up stands once a week at a flea market/ farmers market.

I know many people that dont want the products in any popular stores, whether its because of profit- robbing, general consumerism greed, consumer-pollution (which can be very over stimulating), the ingredients in most products or even basic trust.

Everybody has many talents and i feel they should not be wasted. If people were better surrounded by this type of livelihood of seeing things being created consistently, people would know how much more fulfilling it is creating things for ourselves and others. As well as it being much better quality, they would be influenced to look within and see their own talents/ skills. Rather than purchasing low quality products that lose value.

I have blueprints prepared for many aspects of my companies so its only a matter of time before i have a platform where i am able to localize small businesses in my area of all sorts.

Exponential Energy

Hailie Rose