{"id":801,"date":"2010-07-29T20:01:58","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T20:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.com\/blog\/?p=801"},"modified":"2010-07-29T20:10:50","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T20:10:50","slug":"up-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/07\/29\/up-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Up-Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/upcycle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-802\" title=\"upcycle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/upcycle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/upcycle.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/upcycle-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up-cycling seems to be the \u201cmot du jour\u201d in interior design. Over the last few weeks Things of Random and I have become slightly obsessed with the antics of Bob and Cortney Novogratz and their New York based company <a title=\"Sixx Design\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sixxdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sixx Design<\/a>. I think it\u2019s a nesting instinct, coupled with an admiration for their parenting of 7 children and their astounding commitment to design. Their Bravo TV show, <a title=\"Bravo TV 9 by design\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/9-by-design\" target=\"_blank\">9 By Design<\/a>, has me completely hooked. Their main premise of their enterprise is mixing old with new, finding reclaimed pieces to accompany slick designer modernism. Old pieces of furniture are up-cycled by adding new upholstery and new paint, to give a cooler, renovated look. The trend seems to be everywhere; <a title=\"Mary Portas\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maryportas.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Portas<\/a> showed Dazzle and Denny how to do it at <a title=\"37 Old London Road\" href=\"http:\/\/www.37oldlondonroad.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">37 Old London Road<\/a> and\u00a0<a title=\"Elemental\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elemental.uk.com\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Elemental<\/a> sells industrial cabinets for \u00a32,000 a pop.<\/p>\n<p>This led me on a search for the same trend in fashion. The term \u201cvintage\u201d and all it means in its many guises (second hand, charity shop) has been a darling of the industry for decades. Just saying it adds a certain kudos (and most definitely an elevated price tag) to any outfit. I\u2019m on a search for renovated fashion or garments made from unusual materials. One item has caught my eye by Swedish Blonde Design&#8217;s <a title=\"Cockney Jewellery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swedishblondedesign.com\/gallery-necklaces.html#\" target=\"_blank\">Cockney Jewellery<\/a>. Broad beans accompany pearls and motifs of our Royals to create surprisingly delicate necklaces and accessories. The Old Broad Bean, The Queen, offers a very fashionable neckpiece, snapped up by <a title=\"Supermarket Sarah\" href=\"http:\/\/www.supermarketsarah.com\/detail.php?item=501\" target=\"_blank\">Supermarket Sarah<\/a> for her site\/blog.<\/p>\n<p>Is the Cockney Jewllery an example of fashion re-cycling? Up-cycling implies an improvement and an increase in value, which I guess the humble broad bean has experienced. If you consider yourself a fashion up-cycler please get in touch. I\u2019d love to see what your opinions are and discover if up-cycling is a trend embracing all elements of design.<\/p>\n<p>(Queen artwork by <a title=\"Ann Carrington\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anncarrington.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ann Carrington<\/a> &#8211; a favourite of Mr. &amp; Mrs. Novogratz)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up-cycling seems to be the \u201cmot du jour\u201d in interior design. Over the last few weeks Things of Random and I have become slightly obsessed with the antics of Bob and Cortney Novogratz and their New York based company Sixx Design. I think it\u2019s a nesting instinct, coupled with an admiration for their parenting of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}