chambeili® Pre-owned Upcycling service will allow you to change your existing garment so it can be re-purposed and worn once again.
Whether you have a bridal lengha choli that you wish to change to a formal outfit for a special occasion or a vintage saree that you wish to convert to a dress, blouse or jacket as an example – our team of experts can strip and rebuild any garment into something completely different as well as accessorise. Most importantly, you the customer will participate in the whole journey from the initial consultation where we can discuss options to the point of assembly where you can come and see the garment being rebuilt. You will be an integral part of the upcycle journey.
Upcycling breathes new light into your garment that has been left in the wardrobe, attic or storage space. When it comes to buying luxury wear from brands such as ÉLAN, HSY or Faraz Manan, customers will have parted with many thousands of pounds only to have worn that outfit once or twice. The level of workmanship and time to produce such a garment would have had a big carbon footprint. With climate change being the primary focus of chambeili® Pre-owned, we want to help reduce carbon emissions by salvaging your luxury garments so you can upcycle and wear it again or pass it down to a family member or friend.
We can help you to recreate a contemporary outfit and create something new from something old. It’s all about being smarter with your outfits and reliving those special moments.
The chambeili Pre-owned upcycling fashion concept involves using pre-existing garments, accessories or other items and restructuring them into new garments, apparel, accessories and soft furnishings with as little wastage as possible. If you wish to re-use your bridal lehenga then we can utilise each part such as the choli, skirt and dupatta and convert them into new garments and create matching pieces. For example, we can convert your choli to a longer shirt or peplum and recreate a new pair of matching pants and dupatta or we can convert the lehenga skirt into a pair of trousers, gharara or sharara pants. The options are endless and you can create one or more outfits from an existing bridal that you could only wear once.
New Dress
New Skirt
New Jacket
New Shirt, Blouse or Peplum
New Trousers, Gharara or Sharara
New Dupatta, Scarf or Shawl
New Handbag
New Soft Furnishings
You can change the design of your garment as well as adapting it by creating new pieces. For example, if you had a a lehenga choli we could restructure the design into a formal piece by either extending the choli into a peplum shirt and converting the skirt into a sharara or gharara pants. We can also create new pieces such as a shawl or dupatta to match the colour and embellishment of your existing garment. Their are endless opportunities to revive your piece and we can discuss all the different options as well as sketch ideas of how your garment could be adapted to a completely new design.
With our talented team of experts in Lahore, we can recreate your existing embroidery and hand embellishment to match your existing garment in case you wish to adapt the design. For example, if you wanted to create new panels or create a whole new additional piece such as lowers and wanted to have similar embellishment/embroidery on the pants then our team will colour match and recreate new matching embroidery and embellishments.
We can match fabrics to complement your garment. For example, if you wish to add extra side panels, sleeves, create new pants or create a new add-on such as a dupatta or shawl then we can source the fabric and have it dyed to match exactly to your existing garment or off-set with a new colour scheme to extenuate the overall look.
We can strip down the whole piece and refit to a new body size. This may require extra fabric and embellishment if the new size is bigger than the original garment size. This will all be done by our team in Lahore.
Once your uplifted garment has had the additional new pieces recreated it will be sent to our store in the UK where we will do the final assembly of your garment.
If you would like more information on how to upcycle your items, please contact us by email on preowned@chambeili.com or send us a direct message on Facebook or Instagram and our team of experts will be happy to arrange an initial 30-minute free consultation, to discuss the design, process, fabrics and embellishments in detail.
If you are happy to proceed with upcycling your outfit, we will advise you of the cost of this service and discuss the process in detail.
Unlike made to orders, we will provide you with an estimated time frame of when your upcycled outfit will be ready, as this would depend on whether you would require swatches/samples of the fabrics.
Contact us to find out more on how we can relive some old memories and help you create your dream outfit!