Not letting old items and important memorabilia lose their value in the corner of the cabinet, Lyli Hoang has turned them into beautiful bags and fashion accessories.
Lyli Hoang (32 years old) is the owner of a fashion and accessories store in Hanoi. More than a year ago, she had the idea of designing handbags, purses and accessories from old clothes. In early 2021, Lyli launched and sold the first recycled fashion products.
Share with Zing , Lyli said from a young age, she has loved hand made items. As an adult, working in the fashion design field, she has the opportunity to pursue her passion. The peacock’s blanket bag was the first gift Lyli gave her mother. Lyli’s first recycled product was a set of bags, purses and fashion accessories made from subsidized peacock blanket. She gave these items to her mother. She was very touched, encouraging her daughter to continue to be creative. To create a new item from old materials, Lyli must collect, classify fabrics, design designs suitable for that fabric or at the request of the orderer. To make products more fashionable and beautiful, they need to be studded with stones, drawn or embroidered. However, to limit waste in the environment, she limits the use of new items, making use of all that can be recycled. On average, a LyLi product makes in 3-5 hours, the price ranges from 250,000-750,000 VND depending on the design and the difficulty of the material. Besides, the secret to turning old clothes into beautiful bags, she must pay attention to the sorting and cleaning of fabrics. In addition, she is always thinking, creating fashion products, plus decorative motifs, handcrafted stone. The girl turns old clothes into a beautiful handbag. The 32-year-old designer says 90% of the details that make up the recycled bag are environmental protection products such as old fabrics and molds from plastic waste. In addition, recycling can help people store souvenirs in another form. At the same time, this is also a way to save and reduce consumption costs when taking advantage of second hand. In particular, the most important meaning of this is to help reduce waste in the environment, extending the life cycle of each item. “I do it first for myself and for people who care about the environment. After that, I hope everyone will join hands to protect the environment more “. From the initial success, Lyli and his colleagues launched the project “Giving away old stuff – getting new things back.” Accordingly, each person can exchange 5 old items to receive a recycled gift. In particular, the proceeds, Lyli will be used to build Fund Am Thank. Lyli Hoang plans to use this fund to donate to people with difficult circumstances, people with disabilities … In addition, the 32-year-old designer’s recycling project also creates jobs for many people with special circumstances such as autistic people, inferior people in the LGBT community … Lyli wants to create a variety of environmentally friendly products. “They are very interested in community issues, are conscious of environmental protection, so they affect me a lot. You guys have been with me for a long time, someone who shares the same direction and support, I believe the project will go for a long time ”, shared Lyli Hoang. In the coming time, Lyli wants to continue to develop more styles and materials for making recycled bags to make them more convenient, unique and environmentally friendly. In addition, the designer wants to bring products “made in Vietnam”, which bring the message of environmental protection to foreign countries.
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