Valerie Name Bolaño, a New York-based interior designer, has found a way to repurpose unwanted furniture by turning it into luxury outerwear. The designer has launched her first-ever luxury fashion line that
will feature outerwear made from upcycled upholstery textiles. Given the nature of her work, Name Bolaño frequents textile showrooms to design custom-made furniture pieces for clients. During these frequent trips, she discovered that textile offcuts are often discarded - many of which are salvageable and good enough to use.
The designer has taken these discarded pieces and launched Spolia. Spolia debuted at Paris Fashion Week and offers six outerwear styles all crafted from discarded textiles pieces. From luxury taffetas, silk, cotton, linen, to jacquard clothes - the Spolia collection embraces all materials and is finished with handmade ceramic buttons.
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