THE VAULT
Fashion businesses, before the kimbralou salvaging process, have already taken from the world’s resources to create the ‘virgin’ fashion pieces.
Purchase, whether by me in the Salvaging phase or the ‘owner’ buying their kimbralou customised piece, is the biggest key to bringing back discarded virgin textiles into the garment lifecycle.
I have come to realise I’m an instinct based concept artist. That is, as kimbra, back in late 2017, I found myself accidentally ensnared within the role of Fashion Designer within the namesake brand name of kimbralou.
The best way I can explain it is that when I’m in the zone focused on salvaging, my process is conceptually an idea on top of an idea. I categorically don’t buy unless I have an immediate aesthetic vision of customising layer, on top of layer, on top of layer.
The Vault is the engine room of Salvaged Style, Fashion Reinvention and seriously validated kimbralou Eco Chic.
I hope this fly on the wall episode, filmed by my visitor Music Artist Slicker @slicker_1 , illustrates the value that can be collected by just one person on a mission to illustrate how high end discarded fashion can be.
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