Welcome to my recycled clothes website.
I have been making my own clothes since I was a young girl in my home town in Germany. Two years ago I started making clothes from old material mainly for my children and then introduced my designs locally via various markets and craft fairs. I seek out bold, colourful, retro materials on markets, in charity shops, jumble sales and the internet and turn them into sweet, original little dresses, bags, hats, coats. Each item as well as being created from recycled materilal is unique and the design is simple and elegant.
I believe in the sustainability of my business and my strategy is to keep the prices affordable and to reuse almost everything from the garments I recycle. The label is not bought from a big corporation and each one is hand painted. I chose the name “Schmetterling” meaning butterfly in my native tongue (German) because I liked the idea of transferring the characteristics of the butterfly being delicate, colourful and graceful into my designs. …..but it doesn’t mean they’ll give you wings!

Please view some of my recycled clothes on the garments page

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