All Sincerely NV products are made from upholstery and drapery fabrics sourced from cutting rooms and production studios. We make our items with a mixture of off-cuts and remnants, breathing new life into textiles that would’ve otherwise gone to waste.
On average, a Toronto household throws out 17 kg (37 lb) of clothing and other textiles each year (based on City of Toronto household waste audits) greatly contributing to landfills, where they ultimately take up space and release greenhouse gasses contributing to climate change. In addition to this, 1.5 trillion litres of water are used by the fashion industry annually and 20% of industrial water pollution comes from textile treatment.
Our focus lies in reducing overconsumption and the amount of textile waste that is sent to landfills by reaching out and partnering with other studios to repurpose their scrap fabric.
Once collected, large quantities of fabric are then brought to the Sincerely NV studio for sorting. Because we do not order new textiles, our own collection of products depends entirely on the surprise bag of fabrics we receive- we never really know what we’re going to get! But this is what keeps each item one-of-a-kind. We receive a wide range of textures, patterns and colours, depending on the season. Sometimes there are multiple yards of a single fabric; sometimes there are small 0.5 meter remnants, but regardless of size, we find a use for them!
In September of 2018, Sincerely NV began collecting scrap fabrics and out of season sample sized fabrics from one studio in the GTA. This collection of textile waste would soon become our first collection, launched in December of that year.
In May of 2019, we began reaching out to other studios in the GTA for scrap fabric; ultimately widening our reach to making a small, but important change in how our fellow businesses manage their textile waste.
