footwear uses fabrics reclaimed from bus and tube trains
By Mike Ashworth | May 5, 2009
A Company in London has started selling footwear which incorporates reclaimed fabrics.
The collection exclusively incorporates rare, vintage and ultra rare iconic retro textiles from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s reclaimed from seats on London’s Underground tube carriages and buses.
original fabric used on metropolitan line
metropolitan line fabric transformed into footwear
Realising these visually striking fabrics were genuine relics of London’s design heritage, Central Saint Martin’s college graduate Robert Taylor and music promoter/film maker Caroline Read collected and preserved them before they were lost to landfill or incineration forever!
Their original fashion concept was given an elevated platform (quite literally) by British design icon and trendsetter Dame Vivienne Westwood, who re-used the textile in a pair of her infamous elevated court shoes. The beautifully crafted, comfortable, stylish, robust and contemporary trainers available here are what followed.
original fabric used on first bus
first bus fabric transformed into footwear
Every pair of Above+Below’s connects to the essence of our historic metropolis via the District, Victoria, Northern, Central, Metropolitan, Piccadilly and Bakerloo Lines and London’s buses. Fabrics from each line have been hand selected and restored to former, sometimes faded glory. Whichever one you decide on, it will be a Limited Edition. Remade for cool eco-urbanites, those with a taste for industrial chic, fanatics of nostalgic London memorabilia or stylish individualists with a twist.
Above+Below London will donate a tree for each pair they sell, to be planted inside the M25 by charity tree planting partners Trees for Cities.
Check them out here
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