The Designers Making Upcycling Your Wedding Dress Easy

When Mexico-based Nadia Manjarrez launched her self-named bridal line in October 2021, she thought far ahead for her clients. Inspired by precious metal-lined Japanese Kintsugi art, her debut collection featured versatile, modular pieces that really could be worn again after the big day: detachable puff sleeves and billowing capes for layering, adorned with stylized but still classic elements, like delicate cut-outs, swingy fringe and tailored separates. Manjarrez took the forward-looking concept of extending the life cycle of bridal even further, though, building in an option to return pieces post-wedding to be altered or completely remade for future celebratory occasions. For… Read Full Article