Sustainable fashion: Upcycling your old clothing

Australian label Romance Was Born made headlines in 2009 when Cate Blanchett wore its crocheted dress, renamed “Cate Blanket” by the tabloids, to an event in Melbourne. That dress now resides in the Powerhouse Museum, but 14 years later, the label is still working with retro throws, recently creating a series of biker jackets (a style immortalised by Marlon Brando in The Wild One). Instead of black leather, though, it’s using upcycled colourful blankets of the vintage woollen checked…