Wellington-based sustainable fashion brand Space Between has developed a solution to significantly reduce clothing and textile waste. It is now seeking funding to work with local designer Larissa Banks. The funds raised will go towards resourcing Banks, a Massey University design graduate, to collaborate with Space Between on developing its next range and looking at innovative ways to help businesses minimise their textile waste streams as commercial clothing waste is a big contributor to this problem.
A social enterprise, Space Between’s upcycled clothing line is manufactured using pre and post-consumer waste by a local not-for-profit company Earthlink Apparel, based in Lower Hutt that supports people with barriers to employment such as mental illness.
Keeping things local was an important factor for Space Between co-founders Jennifer Whitty and Holly McQuillan. The solution they have developed has the potential to change the way clothing is manufactured, bought, and worn, diverting waste from landfill and reducing carbon emissions.
