: What To Do With Old Clothes? These 8 Places Will Help You Donate, Upcycle Thrift #IndiaNEWS #Fashion ‘I have no clothes. ’ You aren’t the only one who says this while staring at an overflowing

What To Do With Old Clothes? These 8 Places Will Help You Donate, Upcycle Thrift #IndiaNEWS #Fashion
‘I have no clothes. ’
You aren’t the only one who says this while staring at an overflowing stash of outfits in the wardrobe.
With new pieces being churned out as we speak, and your favourite fashion blogger telling you that you need to have the style of the season, it is tough to live a minimalist life.
Research says that the fashion industry produces a whopping 53 million tonnes of fibre every year and 70 per cent of this ends up in garbage dumps.
This revelation is met with a sigh of relief in the form of upcycling brands that take your old clothes and weave them into something new.
We’ve put together a list of such brands that allow you to donate clothes you are not using anymore and will refashion them.
1. Punah, Indore
This sustainable fashion brand aims to give clothes a second life by modifying these using handicraft techniques. This is in the effort to produce one-of-a-kind products that you can then put to good use.
Once you clear your wardrobe and decide on the clothes you wish to do away with, instead of dumping them, reach out to Punah. They will then arrange a pick-up based on the area you are in and sift through the fabric to decide which ones can be upcycled.

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2. Oh Scrap Madras, Chennai
The venture aims at collecting garment waste from exporters and tailoring units in the city and breathing new life into the clothes.
We reached out to Dominique Lopez, Co-Founder, who said that the brand accepts fabric, home linen, saris and dupattas as well as summer clothes and jeans. “A prerequisite is that the clothes need to be freshly cleaned,??? he says, adding that a pick-up is then organised if the donor is based in Chennai.
“We assess the items to see if they are in a condition to be donated or upcycled. If the clothes are in excellent condition, we suggest thrift stores that would accept these,??? says Dominique.
Waste cloth upcycled into a bag
3. Rimagined, Bengaluru
A business consultant Shailaja Rangarajan wanted to be a part of the solution when it came to waste management. So, in 2016 she founded the brand that would in the following years upcycle clothes into home decor and new clothes, thus reducing the amount that would enter landfills.
Shailaja says that once people share the information about the kind of clothes they want to donate, the brand decides the fate of these. “If they are in wearable condition, we redirect them to Restore, a thrift store in Bengaluru as we prefer not to rip apart clothes that are in a good condition. ??? She adds that if the donations are saris, bed sheets or curtains, they request people to ship these to their Kolkata centre where they can be upcycled.