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A brief history of repurposed menswear materials.

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Dec 11, 2023
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These days, seeing vintage garments and deadstock materials repurposed into Frankensteined fashion pieces is nothing particularly novel, although it does wonders for promoting reuse and reducing waste in the manufacturing process. But one of the earliest instances of this being common practice actually goes back to an unlikely source: storied prep cloth…

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