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]]>Cyd launched her sustainable apparel brand in 2020, and she saved over 3,000 pairs of jeans destined for a landfill in years to come. Her brand Cydsline is dedicated to crafting timeless accessories from recycled materials, and there’s a reason why she decided to focus on working with denim.
“With one million pairs of jeans thrown away each year, I wanted to build a fashion brand that was part of the solution, not the problem. Denim is such an amazing material to upcycle and give a second life,” she explained on Instagram.
Most of Cyd’s designs take the shape of handbags, and they’re made of many different types of denim. She also enjoys making cross-body bags and larger tote bags.
Cyd started Cydsline because she wanted to show that fashion doesn’t have to cost the Earth, and she eventually quit her corporate job to run her eco-friendly brand full-time. It hasn’t been an easy journey, but she has come a long way and even met King Charles while exhibiting her bags at one of the local markets in London.
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]]>Describing her aesthetic as “fun, quirky, bold, and pattern-driven”, Carlson designs her products in multiple color options—the brighter the better! “I want my pieces to be eye-catching,” she explained in an interview with the Etsy blog. “I’m also part Scandinavian and part Japanese, so a lot of my design influence comes from those two cultures. The name of my shop is a mashup of my heritage.”
While the shapes and pops of color are borrowed from Scandinavian design, the subtle handmade intricacies of her designs echo Japanese art. All of Carlson’s pieces are crafted by her, by hand, in her studio. “My background is in apparel design, but I started experimenting with jewelry during a project at school where I worked with repurposed materials,” she explains. “I discovered that by cutting leather, I could make some really nice fringe, and from there I moved on to making earrings. My jewelry-making process is self-taught, but it’s guided by what I was taught about design and construction.”
Sustainability plays a big role in Carlson’s philosophy. Using recycled garments and scraps as the main component of her products she hopes to minimize our carbon footprint as much as possible. ” There’s so much textile waste in the world, so I want to make the most of materials that are already out there,” she says. “When people hear that my pieces are made from repurposed leather, they want to know more about the process and it changes people’s perception of what sustainable fashion can look like.”
Take a look at some of her finished products in the gallery below:
Here's juicy look at many of the new styles – with a couple exceptions, all of the new designs will be limited edition releases. When they're gone, they're gone. I'll be posting new designs in my stories and on my feed throughout the day. And expect to see a couple of these at our Vancouver stockists @givinggiftsca & @birdonawireart in the next few days too! Officially dubbing this collection : Hajime 始め – "Begin" in Japanese ? #leatherjewelry #statementearrings #abstractearrings #sustainablefashion #ethicalfashion #madeincanada #canadianmade #madeinvancouver #shopsmall #supportsmallbusiness #supportsmall #locallymadevancouver #upcycledjewelryThe post This Jewelry Brand Promotes Self-Expression and Sustainability appeared first on PlayJunkie.
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