NUTT Amsterdam

NUTT Amsterdam designs and constructs unique fashion items in the form of artistic blazers. Each piece transformed from two discarded garments. NUTT Blazers are unique in every way: shape, fabric, color and size. The only new material added is matching thread.

About the Maker
In haar home-atelier in het Amstelkwartier werkt Esther Mutsaers aan haar creaties. Uit frustratie over ons aller kleding aankoop en weggooigedrag is Esther NUTT Amsterdam gestart. “Wist je dat 55% van de kleding die wij in de kledingafvalbak deponeren alsnog wordt verbrand? Ik niet!” Esther wil zoveel mogelijk awareness creëren om duurzamer en anders om te gaan met ons kledinggedrag door opvallende coole NUTT’s te ontwerpen die gespreksstof opleveren. Want dat is precies de bedoeling: spread the sustainable word!

The Production Process
Esther asks all around her – on the street, on her website and via social media – if people would like to donate the clothes they no longer wear to her instead of putting them in the clothing waste bin. The clothing is sorted according to good raw materials and recycled into cool NUTT Blazers.

Esther then combines the raw materials by designing on a mannequin. “That’s called moulding. This creates a unique, sustainable NUTT Blazer, which always consists of two discarded garments. I come up with the design and then carefully take the garments apart and then expertly sew them back together using the correct techniques.” For example, a trouser leg becomes a sleeve, a blouse a blouse-blazer or pajama trousers a back piece. “As long as the textile industry is not 100% circular, NUTT exists!”

Want to get a hold of such a cool item yourself?
The current collection can be found in the home studio via contact and in the NUTT webshop. NUTT can also be purchased at TOMO, the new sustainable department store with a circular mission, and at The Maker Store.