R Stories

When Purpose Gets Personalised

We want to help our clients create products that will be cherished for longer so we offer the opportunity to personalise designs to give something ...

From Excess to Excellence

Recycling fashion’s excess is complex. We know it. Because we do it. Despite that, we see all types of waste as an opportunity for excellence. Here...

Power In Partnership

At The R Collective, we know we can’t achieve our mission alone. As a small social impact business on a big mission, we reach far-flung places an...

Step in line - or Face the Fine?

In a highly fragmented fashion industry, regulation has been a far off cry. Until now. With governments shifting from encouragement to enforcement,...

Why Purpose Pays

Turning Luxury Waste Into Talent-Winning Solutions If there’s one thing we strive towards at The R Collective, it’s about helping our customers s...

The Carbon-Cutting ‘Rat Race’

With the climate crisis wreaking havoc - from fires to floods - the fashion industry’s climate impact is increasingly on the chopping block. The fa...

Behind the Glamour

As luxury fashion consumption - and with it unsold garment stock - continues to grow, the heated debate over how to deal with unsold clothes remain...

Recycling Unsold Clothing Inventory - a billion dollar problem

Have you ever wondered what happens to excess luxury clothing inventory? In the glamorous realm of luxury fashion, there's a not-so-glamorous issue...

Rescuing and Redesiging into Leather Waste

When it comes to ethical fashion activists’ opinions, the use of leather in fashion is a bit like marmite - you either love it or hate it. Despite ...

Meet The R Collective Team

In the fast-paced world of business, there’s often a temptation to sprint ahead solo to bag quick wins. But our goal, to end fashion waste, is not ...

R Textiles Spotlight: Zimmermann

It’s been said that “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Naturally, we agree. That’s because we are in this w...

Bespoke R Products: Meet star sustainable designer transforming complex waste

You know us, we hate waste. This includes materials rescued from luxury fashion businesses - which comes in the thousands of yards of gleamingly br...

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