Tao Pe i qing car eless ly pick ed up a piece of cloth from the work table and hand ed it to me . " T ouch it , it ' s different , " he said , and then took out his smo oth - tou ch tro us ers in the same way . Some how , the cloth was cut from G ucci ' s clothes . These pieces of cloth , cut from designer brand clothes , were sc atter ed all over the work ben ch ....
The secret ate lier where lux ury brand fab rics are revi ved
A villa in a quiet residenti al area of Jing ' an District , Shanghai . It ' s hard to imagine from the outside , but there are as many as five specia lized clothes re pair sho ps quiet ly operating here . Parti cular ly attra cting attention is the " liv ing tex tile " run by Mr . Tao Pe i qing . Here , fab rics cut from the cl othing of global lux ury brand s such as G ucci , Ar mani and Pr ada are re born as a whole new gar ment .
" It ' s our job to dis ass emble the high - end brand clothes that customers bring in , and then use the high - quality fab rics to make them into another item , " Tao says . The bread th of its rem akes is surpr ising ly diverse , for example , from a custom shirt made from fabric taken from a dam aged G ucci ja cket to an original sc arf created using the l ining of Ar mani ' s co at .
The process of rem aking with c raf ts mans hip
Rem ake work is done with great care . First , care fully dis ass emble the original clothes and sort out the us able parts . Next , check the condition of the fabric and clean and re pair it . Finally , the trend of cut ting and se wing is based on the new design .
" The quality of fab rics of lux ury brand s is totally different . W ea ving method , yar n text ure , color depth ... no matter what you take , it doesn ' t compare to ordinary fab rics , " ex pla ins Tao . In particular , the fab rics used by top Italian brand s are dur able and hard to dis col or after wash ing , making them ideal for rem akes .
The workshop has se wing machines of different ages lin ed up . " F rom the 1950 s G inger industrial se wing machines to the latest computer - control led se wing machines , we use them according to the application . When de aling with high - end fab rics , it is essential to choose the right need le and yar n for each fabric . "
High light ed as a sustainable lux ury
This unique service has been warm ly supported by the environment ally conscious wealth y . " E ven expensive brand ed clothes tend to end up in the back of the clos et when they get dam aged or don ' t fit the size . We are giving a second life to such a ' sleep ing lux ury ' , " says Tao .
In fact , the customers who use this store are main ly business people and celebr ities in their 30 s and 50 s . Some of them bring in more than 10 brand ed clothes and create brand - new ward rob es , he said .
" Re cent ly , the culture of using high quality things for a long time has been re vie wed , also in terms of the SD Gs . I think our service is at the fore front of that . "
5 famous sho ps in Shi zu ' an
The villa also has a unique clothes re pair shop . For example , " Blue Rena issance , " which specializ es in v intage den im , and " S atin Dream , " which specializ es in sil k products , each bo ast high technical expert ise in its own field .
" Our five st ores are not compet itions , but complement ary relationships . " According to the customer ' s request , we can also introduce the best store , " say s Tao . In fact , there is an episode in which one customer rem ade a G ucci ja cket into a shirt with " liv ing tex tiles " and a Louis Vu itt on sc arf he had at the same time into a bag in another store .
The five studi os in a villa in Jing ' an district of Shanghai are attra cting attention from both home and ab road as the leaders of a new movement of fashion up cyc ling .