A lookbook and portfolio for Waxflower Dye Works, a studio that uses all-natural plant dyes to create vibrant colors and one-off prints on vintage, second-hand, and responsibly made clothing and textiles. The document showcases their mission and process.
This is a lookbook and portfolio for Waxflower Dye Works, a studio that uses all-natural plant dyes to create vibrant colors and bold, one-off prints on vintage, second-hand, and responsibly made clothing and textiles. It is intended for fashion buyers, collaborators, and anyone interested in sustainable dyeing techniques.
The document opens with a statement of purpose: Waxflower uses natural plant dyes and focuses on a circular fashion economy by using primarily vintage and second-hand textiles as canvases. It introduces their mission to make vibrant, exciting fashion with 100% natural pigments from the earth.
A collaboration with Chloe Baierl is featured, showing an over-bust cotton knit hoodie that is bundle dyed, and a mega crop cotton knit sweater also bundle dyed, paired with vintage denim shorts that are eco-printed and bundle dyed. These pieces demonstrate the studio's signature techniques.
The lookbook includes a press release from Altuzarra for their Spring Summer 2022 collection, describing how dyes were procured from all-natural elements including mineral, floral, and insect sources. The release notes that bundle dyeing, a technique where textiles are steamed with flowers to release pigment, was used in collaboration with Waxflower Dye Works to create distinctive colors and shapes.
The document is presented as a co-branded collaboration premiered at New York Fashion Week for Spring Summer 2022. It serves as a visual and textual record of the partnership between Waxflower and Altuzarra, highlighting sustainable dye practices and the resulting garments.