Urban Decadence

A fashion salvage inspired collaboration between fashion stylist Emma Gorton-Ellicott  (aka No Debutante) and creative photographer Patryk Boron 

Mixing voluminous shapes with reworked fashion salvaged pieces, layered up with vintage sportswear styling, bold colours and clashing prints. All vintage garments fashion salvaged from Bristol Textiles Recyclers.  

Pretty Tough -  Contemporary sheer layers mixed with vintage fashion salvaged sportswear
Honeycomb mesh maxi dress, stylists own, Somewhere Nowhere X Lazy Oaf. Silver bikini top (worn underneath), stylists own, by Monki. Vintage padded ski gillet by O'Neill, fashion salvaged from BTR. Vintage pink shell-bottoms, Diamond Cut by Umbro, fashion salvaged from BTR. White socks by Adidas. Metallic platform sliders, stylists own, by Primark. 

 

Bright clashing colours and prints styled in voluminous layers with a traditional Japanese influence.
Red hooded dress, stylists own, by Monki. Vintage padded ski gillet (as before). Vintage Abstract floral maxi dress, fashion salvaged at BTR. Socks and Sliders (as before).

Photography - Patryk Boron at Emulsional Photography.

Styling - Emma Gorton-Ellicott

Make-up - Bridget Esmonde

Model - George Hampton-Wale

Thank you to Pat, George and Bridget xxx




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Check out my work with Bristol 24/7 magazine here under my name Emma Gorton-Ellicott

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ND xx

Fashion Salvage Returns

I really hate it when I have no time for blogging but sometimes life gets in the way. Things have now changed here in the UK since the EU referendum with the shock vote to leave still leaving me flabbergasted! We are now living in confusion as to what will happen but the truth of the matter is we soldier on and continue living our lives the best we can. That's all I have to say on the matter at this time.

Another big landmark for me was that I turned 40 years old this month. I'm not sure how I feel about it, I knew it was coming and I wasn't bothered, other people seem more shocked about it than I was. I'm just thinking 'yeah I am forty but that changes nothing, I still feel the same as I did a month, a year a decade ago, life just continues and hopefully gets even better!

On my 40th Birthday I thought about things I love doing and low and behold a BTR Fashion Salvage event was being held on my birthday! I dragged my friend Anne out at 9.30am on a Saturday morning and dived into the salvage bins at Bristol Textiles Recyclers. It's like rummaging through an old jumble sale, I love it, you never know what you will find.

I left with dresses, Levis, jumpsuits, retro sports items & a few crocheted blankets, all for 20 pounds!!! My friend & Fashion Salvage virgin Anne had claimed she was 'only coming to have a look, I wont buy anything' left with twice as much as me. Another happy Fashion Salvager I think!!

I promise to do a full on fashion salvage shoot and maybe I'll convince Anne to join me over the next few weeks. I am hoping to upcycle a few items before the shoot so a bit of time is needed! 
Here are a few photographs from the day and a couple of styled up fashion salvage items that I have already worn. 
Fashion Salvaging is the best!
 

 Festival inspired outfits all sourced and fashion salvaged from  Bristol Textiles Recyclers

 The BTR Bins full of wasted clothing & fabrics

 A glam 1970s original Berketex Batwing Dress

 Fashion salvaged floral shirt styled up by No Debutante

 Fashion salvaged Adidas Original vintage shorts styled up by No Debutante

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Mini Fashion Salvage

Back In October, I attended the BTR Mini Fashion Salvage event at Bristol lab Space with the queen of upcycling, Helen from Kecks Clothing. As you may have seen I attended BTR (Bristol Textiles Recyclers) Fashion Salvage event back in the summer and loved it! To see what happened last time click here and for those who missed the brilliant fun Helen from kecks and I had styling up these Fashion Salvaged items back in Sept click here

The event was BTR's second fashion salvage event held at Bristol lab Space ( the first fashion salvage event was at the BTR factory with more clothing than I have ever seen and all set for landfill unless we saved it, I made it my personal mission to save as much as I could at that event! The Mini Fashion Salvage was a much smaller affair but was still bursting with wasted clothing all waiting to be fashion salvaged by the twenty odd salvagers keen to get stuck in! All salvagers had bought tickets with 100% of the proceeds going to the charity for garment workers right abroad, Labour Behind the Label. With more money being spent on the extra garments bought at the event at very reasonable prices, in this case all clothing was only £6 a kilo which averages out at approx 4-5 garments per kilo, depending on the weight. I think it is a great idea to encourage people to buy at these event but at low prices, people will be less intimidated to attend and will buy more, raising money for the charity and saving the garments from being wasted. Spreading the word about these events and the brilliant items you could find can only be a good thing. With creatives on hand to teach you how to upcycle and style up garments and to make you see items in a new way, whatever your style.

This charity fund raiser for Labour Behind the Labour encourages you to upcycle and reuse, it will astonish you to know that 20 tons of garments a day are sent to landfill, this waste is crazy and senseless. I am not saying that I am not guilty of over buying, we all are and slowly we will prevent this from happening, through these events and also through learning what you can do to help and consider how much your household is wasting. These events inspire you, to show you what you can do, if you love fashion, Love a bargain or are just interested to find out more then please come along!

I love rummaging through the piles and rails of clothing, to see what I can find. Towards the back of the event i found shelves full of oversize t-shirts which I had trouble finding at the last fashion Salvage event so i made a beeline for them and collected and handful and took them over to the haberdashery area where Lady Gonzalez and her team were ready to help you customise your found items into new ones! I had an oversized maxi dress and  tassels in mind and when I started it, I wish I had the whole day to make more and more! I could have had a whole customised t-shirts range by the end of the night given more time! I really got stuck in an enjoyed. Making customised t-shirts reminded me of my upcycling fashion label I ran over 12 years ago, I knew nobody else doing it at the time and would have loved the Bristol Fashion Salvage scene that is thriving in Bristol now. I am happy that I did it however and to have been involved in the scene for so long.

Following the salvaging, upcycling and outfit creating, it was time for the final photoshoot for the competition and a quick chat with the team filming the event, I talked about how I find charity shops a let down since they seem to be cleared of any personality and oddities which used to be the interesting thing about the charity shop didn't it? Why would I want to buy a plain second hand H&M top for possibly more than H&M sold it for? The prices have gone up and the standard of the stock has gone down. I buy more furniture than clothing from charity shops these days! With the help of fashion lead events like BTR's Fashion Salvages and charity run spaces like The Shop on Gloucester Road Bristol, where you can find vintage charity bargains and upcycled gems from Fix Up Look Sharp. Hopefully things are starting to change for the better. I attend these events one because I love fashion and two because you find the most amazing and alternative gems, I love one offs and being inspired by a found item that I hadn't considered before, I love mixing colours and prints and wearing things in a different way, I am never short of inspiration at these events! I Love Fashion Salvage!!!

My favourite outfit from the Mini Fashion Salvage winners was the clashing prints crop top and hareem trousers ensemble. The Crop top was made from a dress, literally chopped in half, I am so giving the chopping up dresses a go next time! I'm inspired. I had created my oversize maxi dress which I wish i had had the time to make even longer ( I forget how long I am sometimes) another panel could have been added to the bottom of the dress in my opinion! Always the critic! I also made a tasselled crop top which I love! Amongst the customised t-shirts I also found two crochet jumpers, a gold bodycon maxi and a 1980s Puma vest. Not bad for one night! Although I didn't win on this occasion, (Helen from Keck's was one of the judges too, that wouldn't have gone down well!) I did win a bottle of wine for being creative and inspired at every event and for really understanding what the fashion salvage events are about. I honestly love these events so much and was gutted to miss the Christmas event but unfortunately it clashed with my daughter Sylvie Belles 4th birthday party! I will definitely be attending the next event and I will be on hand to inspire and help people look at their found items in a different way and help style them up for their photoshoots. I'm already excited about being involved! Watch this space for details. Thanks BTR I had the best time!

What I wore inc dress (worn as a jacket) and Midi skirt both from the Summer BTR Fashion Salvage Event

My Upcycled T-shirts outfit

My Favourite winning Outfit

Fashion Salvagers

Helen From Kecks Clothing

Lady Gonzalez Team

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ND xx

No Debutante Vs Kecks Clothing Fashion Salvage Shoot

Back in September Helen from Kecks Clothing and No Debutante finally got together to shoot the brilliant Fashion Salvage finds from the previous Bristol Textiles Recyclers / Love Your Clothes event (we've been to another BTR event since then so expect more Fashion Salvage posts very soon). Check out what actually happened at my first Fashion Salvage post here

In a nutshell, we found the most amazing, random, bizarre and beautiful pieces ever and didn't have a clue that we had coincidentally 'found' similar outfit's. It was more of a mad (boiling hot) haze of excitement and chaos at that particular BTR fashion Salvage event at the beginning of summer, that when it came to condensing down all of our fashion salvage items it seemed as if we had almost carefully considered what we would actually take home that evening in preparation for this shoot (not the actual reality of melting from the heat and randomly putting outfits together last minute on piles of disregarded clothing for the final event photos, after completely missing the judging!) Here are the results of our finds, styled up by No Debutante and Helen from Kecks Clothing, as we rightfully decided we started Sports Goth (alas we did not) and the Mu mu Mamma trend! Find us print clashing it up Geek chic stylee, Riot Grrrls, pretty dresses, grunge layering and tattooed children. Enjoy!

Psychedelic Tunic  Fashion Salvaged from BTR

Leopard print Tshirt fashion salvaged from BTR

Khaki printed shirt and Skeleton bodysuit Fashion Salvaged from BTR

Sheer Maxi Skirts Fashion Salvaged from BTR

Embroidered Maxi Dress fashion Salvaged from BTR

Monochrome Tea Dress Fashion Salvaged from BTR

Printed Maxi dress (worn as a Kimono), black Sheer vest top, Boho printed handmade trousers all Fashion Salvaged from BTR

Sheer Tshirt, Printed cardigan and Denim Cut offs all fashion Salvaged from BTR

Aztec oversized Shorts Fashion Salvaged from BTR

(below)  Floral printed Maxi Mumu's both Fashion Salvaged from BTR

 Wuthering Heights

 This has nothing to do with Fashion Salvaging I just wanted to dress Helen up like Enid from Ghost World.

  Fleece Christmas Pug Jumper Fashion Salvaged from BTR

Helen and I had such fun with this shoot and I cannot wait to do another one. Fashion Salvage events are amazing, love your clothes, upcycle, recycle but don't throw anything away! 

All styling by No Debutante and Helen Brown from Kecks Clothing.

All other clothing are models own! Including items from Meadham Kirchhoff, Primark, Dr Martens, American Apparel, Topshop, Kuccia & The White Pepper.

Thank you to the lovely Helen from Kecks Clothing in Bristol for the collab and a massive thank you to Bristol Textiles Recyclers BTR for the clothes!! 

Thanks for checking in today fashionistas and please do check out your local clothing recyclers for Fashion salvage events and visits. Get involved!!

 
If you are interested in collaborating with No Debutante please contact me / send me a message on any of the following social networking platforms all under the No Debutante name #nodebutante

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ND xx