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Upcycling king settles in EMILY NORMAN
Masterton designer Paul Edgar Bird has always had a passion for giving old garments a new lease on life. And now, having secured a prime location store in Masterton, everything he needs to share his vision with Wairarapa is at his fingertips. Edgar & Bird, which opened yesterday is a pop-up shop on the corner of Queen St and Lincoln Rd in the old Legal Theft store, which closed in 2015 and has been vacant ever since. He was able to secure the shop space thanks to Our Future Masterton, and the Letting Space’s Urban Dream Brokerage service, which is running in Masterton this year to allow creative thinkers with dynamic ideas to test the ideas out in vacant commercial and public spaces. As the overall winner of the 2017 Oversew Fashion Awards, and with previous awards under his belt, Bird has proved his talent in the upcycling industry. “The main thing that has inspired me to do this is seeing the effects that fast fashion has on our environment,” he said. “There are so many good fabrics out there that can totally be reused for awesome pieces. “I just want things to have a second chance.” Bird’s creative upcycling space would be in the business of re-engineering, altering, and mending garments and textiles, to “breathe new life into landfill destined pieces”.
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Masterton fashion designer Paul Edgar Bird. PHOTO/EMILY NORMAN
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