Have you ever wondered what happens in the limo studio? Here I show you how a shirt can be upcycled into a whole new piece of clothing. In contrast to recycling, upcycling has the advantage that the resources do not first have to be restored to their raw state. The material is largely preserved. In addition, with limo the material is selected in such a way that it does not have to be washed or dyed beforehand. The shirts come directly from the manufacturer and were discarded due to small material defects, for example. The additionally required yard goods are also obtained from surplus goods from German weaving mills.
Design and paper cutting
First of all, a drawing is created that represents the new product. I collect the sketches in my sketchbook so I can easily refer to them again and again. After that, a paper cut is drawn for the creation of the prototype.
Material preparation and cutting
Before the paper pattern pieces can be placed on the fabric, the material must be prepared. Discarded men's shirts primarily serve as the basis for the limo products. These are obtained directly from German quality manufacturers and have failed quality control due to small material defects, come from returns or were not sold on the market for other reasons. The basic material is now broken down into its individual parts and then ironed. If larger pieces of fabric are required for the design, additional fabric is used, which was also discarded as commodity II choice for various reasons. After ironing, the paper pattern pieces are placed on the fabric pieces and cut out.
Sewing and finishing work
Now the parts are sewn by hand and tried again and again on the tailor's dummy. Then buttonholes are sewn and the existing buttons are usually replaced, as these are usually made of plastic in the original shirt - limo only uses buttons made of natural materials such as mother-of-pearl, corozo or glass. Finally, each part gets a laser-engraved label with the limo logo.