October 15, 2026
The Business & Art of Fashion Upcycling Newsletter - 01
Intelligence for everyone shaping, supporting and following fashion's next frontier
Read postBlog
Fashion upcycling blog
Blog
Blog posts, research signals, and practical reflections from the people shaping fashion upcycling.
- Published
- 8 posts
- Latest
- October 15, 2026
- Focus
- Craft / Markets / Community
October 6, 2026
Material on Stage - Waste out of Sight. It´s Time to Question Fashion Shows - COM/VERGE Episode 6 with Eric Vinsonneau
In this episode of COM/VERGE, The Business and Art of Fashion Upcycling, Angie Aguirre talks with Eric Vincent Vinsonneau, model, Fashion Revolution Germany ambassador and founder of RE/CLAIMED, a concept that questions and updates the purpose of the fashion show.
Read postSeptember 8, 2026
How Does Fashion Actually Contribute to Better Lives? - COM/VERGE Episode 5 with Luca Coscieme
We dive deep in Episode 5. Angie's conversation with Dr. Luca Coscieme, Programme Lead for Sustainable Lifestyles at the Hot or Cool Institute, started from the question: how sustainable is fashion upcycling, really? By the end, it was clear that the real question is much bigger.
Read postAugust 18, 2026
Art, Manufacturing, Commerce, or Something Else: Why Circularity Policy Needs a New Category for Upcycling - COM/VERGE EPISODE 4 with Katarina Biloglav
What if the biggest gap in fashion's circularity strategy isn't a missing technology, but a group of artists, independent designers, and creatives the system doesn't yet know how to classify? That's the question sitting underneath Episode 4 of COM/VERGE, where Angie sits down with Katarina Biloglav, Public Affairs Manager at The Policy Hub, to look at where EU fashion regulation is actually heading — and where upcyclers fit into a picture that, right now, mostly doesn't include them.
Read postAugust 3, 2026
From upcycling brand to upcycling infrastructure: COM/VERGE Episode 3 with Michael Pfeifer
Six years into running MOOT, Michael Pfeifer still isn't sure he'd call himself a fashion person. The question underneath this episode is what happens to an upcycling business when it focuses on volume for impact
Read postJuly 17, 2026
Building an Upcycling Business by Upcycling the Business - COM/VERGE Episode 2 with Josefina Coll
Episode 1 asked whether upcycling brands need to scale, or whether staying small and close to the community is the real strategy. Josefina Coll's episode adds a new layer to that question: staying close to yourself, and scaling both your impact and your wellbeing — not by growing bigger, but by growing smarter.
Read postJuly 2, 2026
Does Fashion Upcycling Have to Scale? - COM/VERGE Episode 01 with Angie Aguirre
Our new podcast on the business and art of fashion upcycling launches with a question: do upcyclers need to grow big, or is staying small and close to the community the actual power strategy?
Read postJune 24, 2026
Introducing our Podcast: COM/VERGE - The Business & Art of Fashion Upcycling
COM/VERGE is RIVED's new podcast for the global fashion upcycling community. The name holds two ideas: community + convergence. Because that's what it is for: making a movement that's been working in isolation visible, together.
Read post