The designer used creativity
and imagination to craft
items out of scraps such
as belts, guitar straps, dog
collars and leads. Every
single item is made out of
bicycle and car tyres or inner
tubes even the jewellery and
skirts.
Instead of polluting the
planet with waste Laura
is thinking of innovative
ways of repurposing waste
material into useful products,
but where did this bright idea
come from?
"I got the inspiration from my
life-changing trip in Tanzania"
says Laura Zabo. "I witnessed
the idea of making sandals
out of rubber tyres in a
Maasai market."
"I chose to create these
fashionable items out of
reusable treads because
tyres are great substitutes
for leather and plastic," Zabo
explains further. Not only that
but the items are durable,
making the accessories
hard wearing, perfect for
accessories like guitar straps.
Not just content with
retrieving tyres from landfills
to produce her up-cycled
products, Zabo also offers a
discount to customers who
send back their old items,
encouraging them not to
bin them. This means waste
is minimised as much as
possible.
The future is very much
on Laura's mind, looking to
make a difference one tyre
at a time she explains "I
hope to be able to upcycle
100,000 tyres by 2020, so
that more sustainable fashion
accessories can be created."
Having already used over
four tonnes of scrap tyres
she is well on her way to that
target.
Zabo is currently working
on getting a London
Boutique to sell her wares
but in the meantime, you
can grab yourself something
online.
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ISSUE 108 / 2018
FASHION
ZABO is a sustainable fashion accessory brand that creates
handmade, cruelty-free and eco-friendly goods from
reclaimed bicycles, car tyres and inner tubes, created by
Laura Zabo.
ZABO THE SUSTAINABLE FASHION ACCESSORY BRAND
