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I saw the rise within like street culture you know of upcycling and we like “yo man, it would be cool for us to put our perspective on this, like in the context of South Africa”. When we started out we

we really didn't know we were upcycling, it was us just using all this waste we were creating in the studio, yeh. What we usually do is we have a garment that needs to be unpicked and then from that, that's the material you using to create something

else. Anything works with upcycling. We come up with an idea, “okay guys let's make a Gillet, but the outcome of the Gillet, it can be something of total difference. People are called “ Amabi nxa “. Where you would find them wearing like a wind breaker with a

formal pant. It's what a lot of people in the inner city are like "hybrids". Right now in Johannesburg, theres people from all over the world. And its, its a good time be here and to learn from other people. Initially, me and Khotso

had always spoke that, “Yo man, we need to take whatever we do, to the world”. I mean, when the trip happened to Amsterdam and we were in Amsterdam, there was a moment, I think when we landed And we were like, “oh, this is actually

people all over the world get to see this, you know". “Yo guys, all that waste you’re creating, We can do something with it. Im Nina, Hi, I'm Kabelo. My name is Khotso. I'm Sash and we

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