{"id":509325,"date":"2026-06-24T20:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/509325\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T20:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:40:10","slug":"central-saint-martins-students-design-clothing-with-uniqlo-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/509325\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Saint Martins Students Design Clothing With Uniqlo Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLONDON<\/a> \u2014 Ever wonder what happens to clothing that gets returned? Uniqlo<\/a> has made a virtue of it, challenging two BA fashion graduates from Central Saint Martins<\/a>, part of the University of the Arts London, to spin the unwanted items into new designs.<\/p>\n

\n\tUniqlo<\/a> and the graduates unveiled the 10-piece collection, Everyday Re.imagined, during a sustainability presentation in London<\/a> this week and put it on display in select stores around the British capital.<\/p>\n

\n\tUniqlo<\/a> said that working with CSM has helped\u00a0it see things from a new perspective. \u201cIt\u2019s a school obviously known for challenging conventional wisdom, and we love that,\u201d said Maria Samoto le Dous,\u00a0Uniqlo\u00a0Europe\u2019s head of sustainability. \u201cIt also pushes us outside our comfort zone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tUniqlo gave BA fashion graduates Joshua Cornwell and Haseeb Hassan full creative freedom at first, and then guided direction so they could develop and then refine their concept. The graduates then presented the final 10-piece collection to\u00a0Uniqlo\u2019s board to pick the favorites.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Uniqlo<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tUniqlo on Manhattan\u2019s Fifth Avenue by Bryant Park.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy image<\/p>\n

\n\tNo two designs are the same. The collection ranges from geometric-patterned dresses cut from T-shirts to wrap trousers constructed from two pairs in a single silhouette. Some designs were inspired by hakama pants, traditional Japanese trousers, reflecting\u00a0Uniqlo\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWith a roll of fabric, you have endless possibilities, but with garments that have had a life, it\u2019s really about reimagining what they can become,\u201d Cornwell said. \u201cIt\u2019s a limitation that inspires a new sustainable approach, and for us to rethink how we interact with our clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEach item will be commercially available in 15 Re.Uniqlo\u00a0Studios across Europe. \u201cWhat really is a valuable part of the partnership is that we can then provide the local scale of being able to commercialize products,\u201d Samoto le Dous said.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeeing this sustainable concept come to life has inspired Cornwell to create his own circular fashion brand, which is set to debut soon.<\/p>\n

\n\tUniqlo\u00a0began working with CSM BA students in 2022 in order to test its new sustainability project. Around 100 students had the opportunity to participate in a crafting exercise in which they were challenged to create garments from\u00a0Uniqlo\u2019s deadstock.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON \u2014 Ever wonder what happens to clothing that gets returned? Uniqlo has made a virtue of it,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[28630,146,85,46,442,18260],"class_list":["post-509325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-central-saint-martins","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-london","tag-uniqlo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}