Is reclaimed leather the answer to ethical consumption? 🌱
@drmartensofficial invited us to their HQ in Camden to check out their latest innovation, the Genix Nappa Collection. So, let’s chat about the future of leather, regenerative farming, and scalability with Director of Sustainability, Tuze Mekik, and presenter, @sarabi_ldn .
If you haven’t heard of reclaimed leather before, we’re not surprised. DMs are one of the first brands to sell products using this process and material. They’re made by milling leather offcuts and adding heat and pressure to fuse them with textiles.
At Colechi, we love transparency. And getting behind the curtain is a great opportunity to share with our audience what brands are really doing. We’re not paid for this, our goal is to understand the environmental impact of the clothes we buy, their manufacturing and their afterlife. And we dove deep into DMs process!
🔗Link in bio to watch the full video.
Creative Director: @tinawetshi
Assistant Director: @mtlda_____
Assistant Producer: @jocrafoord
Videographer & Editor: @ksenia.ili
Presenter: @sarabi_ldn
#colechispeakswith #fashionandfarming #agreenculture #sustainablefashion
AGREENCULTURE Fashion and Fashion featured in @britishvogue ! Co-founders @piarve and @tinawetshi speak with Vogue about the visiting different farms in the UK, the importance of all of us understanding the fashion - soil connection and what we found out about British wool through our research.
Thank you @chan_ely
AGREENCULTURE is avaialble to buy now on our website at journal.colechi.com 🌱
#fashionandfarming #agreenculture #sustainablefashion #farmingfashion #britishwool #textiles #fashionarticle #britishvogue
@clarachuu playful and whimsical London Fashion Week debut ‘Handwritten Notes’ transported us to her upcycled world where there’s beauty in trash and fun in constantly reusing and creating.
Set in a microcosm of what it looks like for materials to always be in circulation, it was really a statement to stop taking things so seriously!
Some call it biodesign, others call it next-generation materials. Colèchi called it vegan leather in our 2021 Material Guide, and back in the early 2010s designer Suzanne Lee coined the term biocouture when she began growing clothing from bacteria.
For our final YKWU Unravelled event of 2025, we called it BIOFABRICATION and think this word best captures the materials movement happening in fashion.
We unravelled the complex journey from lab to market, progress from materials like mycelium leather used by luxury houses like Stella McCartney and Hermès, to the increased urgency to replace petrochemicals and push for interdisciplinary collaboration.
Following the talk was a Natural Textile Ink Workshop with @sugar.and.sliime and knitting with @woolandthegang Tencel Yarn led by @_erica_collins_
Thank you to our guests and collaborators @postcarbonlab@lifefabs@sugar.and.sliime@_erica_collins_@bluegarageorg 🌱🔬
#YKWUUnravelled #biofabrication #materialinnovation #biodesign
AGREENCULTURE Supper Club with @communi.table hosted at @earth.tenders was a gathering to meditate on the fact that like eating, wearing is an agricultural act.
As Freyja Haddrill-Selman writes in our journal, ‘when we remember wearing as an agricultural act, we might imagine ourselves as agents of transformation, stewarding a new way of relating to fashion and fibre that can enrich our lives and ground us in care for each other and the natural world.’
Thank you to everyone who joined with us 💜
#Agreenculture
This Saturday @bluegarageorg we’re hosting YKWU Unravelled: Session 03 Biofabrication - an afternoon deep diving into bio materials through conversation and craft 🧪🧫
Join us and @sugar.and.sliime@studio_kiks@postcarbonlab@lifefabs from 12pm - 5pm, full details below, ticket link in bio 🔗
12pm - 1pm: From Lab to Market Discussion with @postcarbonlab@studio_kiks@sugar.and.sliime@justina_alexandroff_
As the world of bio-based materials receives more attention, we question how designers and growers move from experimental, lab-based research to commercialisation, without repeating mistakes of fast fashion and mass production.
2pm - 4pm
Plant Based Fabric Paint Workshop by @sugar.and.sliime
In this two-hour introductory session you will learn how to craft your own plant-based fabric paints. Discover the basic history and science of natural dyes, how to treat fabric for bright, long-lasting colour and tips on which plants work best. After the demonstration, we will hand-paint silk scarves to take home. This one-of-a-kind accessory is a nice reminder to appreciate living color and slow, sustainable fashion.
12pm - 5pm
All day YKWU!
#agreenculture #ykwu #cleanfashion #workshop
YKWU: Biofabricate is the third of the Unravelled series and the last of 2025!
Biofabrication is the process of designing with biology and living systems. Join us at @bluegarageorg , an innovation hub in Lewisham, where we will unravel this topic through talks and workshops. Paint with Natural Inks with @sugar.and.sliime and find our all day knitting corner with next-gen Tencel yarns.
Date: 29th November 2025
Time: 12pm - 5pm
Location: Blue Garage, 30 Engate Street, Lewisham, SE13 7HA
You Can Knit With Us!
We’ve teamed up with our friends at @_colechi to teach you how to create your own knitted and crochet pieces using second-hand materials. Join us at our upcoming workshops at Traid Shepherd’s Bush to learn a new skill and meet new people!
Coming up...
🗓 Saturday 8th November, 12pm-3pm
🧶Crochet second-hand yarn into a granny square scarf with biodesigner and researcher Paula Molina.
🗓 Saturday 22nd November, 12pm-3pm
🧶Unravel a second-hand jumper and repurpose its yarn to craft something new with regenerative knitwear designer Silva Acien.
Register to attend at the link in bio.
We’ll have sodas on offer thanks to @drinkdalstons
#Traid #Colechi #YKUW #SecondhandSatisfaction #FreeWorkshops
YKWU x @traid portraits, the start of our autumn series crafting in Traid’s store included crochet bag charms with @missacien and needle felting on second hand jumpers with @zoe__daley
Join us tomorrow and learn to knit a pumpkin with @kalikakulukundis 🧶
Our knitting club is back @traid Shepherd’s Bush this Saturday. We’ll be crocheting with @missacien founder of @acienofficial 🧶
Come down and help us make use of Traid’s donated yarn!
🔗sign up via link in bio
#knittingclub
