Kym Ellery Invites Duran Lantink To Spring 2021 Repurposing Deadstock Collab
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Kym Ellery Invites Duran Lantink To Spring 2021 Repurposing Deadstock Collab
In 2019 fashion designer Kym Ellery closed her Australian business, citing abnormally high manufacturing costs in Australia and her isolation from international fashion capitals. Ellery closed her two Sydney retail stores and took up permanent residence in her apartment in Paris.
Duran Lantink
Fast forward to October 2020 and Kym Ellery’s new collection ‘When Two Become One’, when the newly-minted Parisian connected with the Dutch designer Duran Lantink (IG) The Amsterdam-based visionary is among the growing number of fashion industry creatives frustrated with mass production and overconsumption promoted by our industry.
In October 2019, Browns East. the fashion concept shop located in Shoreditch, East London, hosted a capsule collection created by Lantink. Resulting from the designer’s deep dive into the depths of Browns’ warehouse, the presentation launched an exclusive range of womenswear and menswear, using the innovative retailer’s own deadstock. The ‘zero-waste’ collaboration is part of the Browns Conscious commitment to creating new fashion pieces where everything has been recycled, reused and reimagined Because, it’s #cooltobekind to the planet, writes Browns.
