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Upcycling artists Francisco Alcazar & Ella Wiznia of Series NY are redefining sustainable fashion while reimagining craft & challenging the gender binary
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- Mar 26, 2024
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*DISCLAIMER — this episode features stories connected to eating disorders and sexual abuse. Episode 318 features guests Francisco Alcazar, a zero waste designer based in Los Angeles, California, alongside Ella Wiznia, the founder and designer of Series NY. Using his 25 years experience as a structural engineer, Francisco is leading the movement that promotes circularity in fashion, and expanding these principles to other disciplines, whilst celebrating the material stories of each textile and the individuality they represent. A New York based brand of ethically made genderless clothing and accessories, Series NY makes every piece in NY in partnership with skilled artisans who set their own rates using only pre-existing and sustainable materials. "What I like about upcycling is the freedom that it gives you. When you're upcycling, you actually remix, rework, reuse. And in the process of doing that, the power is back to you. What I mean by that is when we go to a secondhand shop, all the clothes there are mixed up. You have the power to choose — there is no trend, there is no fashion. And the good thing is it's hard because you have to deal with your inner 'what you actually like'. And some people follow trends because the process of learning about you is hard. It's easy to just conform and follow trends, you know, you go to magazines and copy a trend. You don't have to actually learn about yourself anymore." -Francisco "Fashion kind of seems to be one of the only forms of art that is quote unquote gendered in most peoples' minds. I mean, you don't go into an art gallery and say 'oh no, this is for men; no, that piece is for a girl' — you know, it's just not how it's done. Or architecture — 'no, this building was for this these types of people'. We're all able to experie…