Popsugar Interviews
Rua Carlota’s Sustainable Knitwear Is Completely Created From Secondhand Clothes
Rua Carlota is at the centre of the conscious fashion revolution. The London-based brand sources clothes that are destined for landfill and transforms them into colourful patchwork knitwear that sells out in minutes. Each piece is handmade by founder Charlotte Rose Kirkham who was previously selling secondhand clothes, until she asked herself: “What is happening to all of the pieces that aren’t interesting and don’t fit this curated aesthetic?” Since going viral on Instagram in 2020, Rua Carlota has been driven to change people’s perspective on waste culture. The brand’s spring project with Cadbury Creme Egg is a milestone for the designer who tells POPSUGAR that it inspired her to come out of her comfort zone, and approach her design process with a fres...
Last Night in Soho’s Costume Designer Shares the Secret to Dressing Like a 1960s Bombshell
Image Source: UPI Media Anya Taylor-Joy continues crafting dangerous and mysterious characters in her new role as Sandie in Last Night in Soho. Costarring Thomasin McKenzie, Matt Smith, and Shadow and Bone‘s Jessie Mei Li, the film is best described as a feminist revenge thriller. Taylor-Joy’s Sandie is a naive femme fatale, desperate for her big break in 1965 Soho. Sandie plays foil to McKenzie’s character, Eloise, a fashion student in prepandemic London, who begins to relive Sandie’s disturbing memories as if they were her own. While Sandie inspires Eloise’s debut collection, personal style becomes a way for her to connect with — and study — her muse. Costume design by Odile Dicks-Mireaux illustrates Sandie and Eloise’s mirrored experiences between the...
The Craft: Legacy’s Costume Designer Used Nature’s Elements to Create a Modern Teen Witch Wardrobe
The Craft: Legacy has an impressive act to follow. While the magic of the original ’90s classic is unmatched, the newest addition to The Craft film series is a modern take on the teen witch story. Beyond themes of embracing personal power and stepping into womanhood, director Zoe Lister-Jones’s sequel explores intersectionality and elemental magic — reflected in the coven’s contemporary style by costume designer Avery Plewes. “I think it’s a spiritual process for a lot of people,” Plewes told POPSUGAR when asked what magic means to her. “Magic is about embracing your power within, and sort of getting in touch with your desires.” Plewes loved The Craft growing up, and thinks Lister-Jones did “a really good job of creating unique characte...
