About this project
Organisation
Thaïs Ficheroulle en Annabelle Mortiaux
Partners
CiLAB Collective
Work agendas
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100% Belgian and upcycled clothing and accessories
Their love for creativity and upcycling brought Thaïs Ficheroulle and Annabelle Mortiaux together. With méson Brussels, they create new clothing and accessories from fabrics discarded by Belgian companies in Brussels and Mechelen. Each collection is named after a room and is made from the fabrics found in that room. For example, in the bedroom, you will find clothes made from unsold sheets, and in the bathroom, clothes made from unusable hotel towels.
Making fair and ecological fashion
“Producing in Belgium is incredibly important to us because it's the only way to keep our ecological footprint small. Upcycling is also the most ecological way to make clothing. We believe it is the solution to making the fashion industry fairer,” say Thaïs and Annabelle. Customers who purchase a piece can also see where the fabrics come from, how it was made, and who designed it via the QR code.
With the help of CiLAB Collective in Mechelen
To keep the entire production in Belgium, Thaïs and Annabelle collaborate with CiLAB Collective from Mechelen, a circular textile collective. CiLAB develops innovative processes and solutions to upcycle and revalue used clothing, hoping that one day no piece of clothing will be thrown away. Among others, fashion students from schools in Mechelen and Ghent work for them. JBC, Decathlon, and Essentiel Antwerp also have clothes repaired and/or upcycled into new collections at CiLAB.
