Recap of Story Wear’s debut presentation at New York Fashion Week.
In September 2026, Story Wear made its New York Fashion Week debut with “LOVE REVOLUTION: A Story of Taiwan,” an immersive presentation of circular design through the lens of Taiwanese culture, creativity, and craftsmanship.
For Spring/Summer 2027, we presented approximately 30 looks and more than 70 handcrafted garments, accessories, and wearable artworks, inviting guests to experience a slower, more intentional vision of fashion.
Designed as an immersive journey rather than a traditional runway show, LOVE REVOLUTION celebrated the belief that fashion has the power to preserve culture, foster human connection, and inspire positive change.
Throughout the presentation, we demonstrated how discarded materials can be elevated into contemporary luxury. Reclaimed mattress textiles, bed linens, aircraft seatbelts, automotive leather offcuts, and upcycled American ale malt grain bags were transformed into refined garments and accessories that challenge conventional notions of value and waste.
For the first time, we have also partnered with women's artisan communities in Nepal and the Philippines, integrating handcrafted footwear and accessories into the collection. Together, these collaborations highlight fashion's potential not only to reduce environmental impact, but also to create meaningful social opportunity across borders.
Download our Spring/Summer 2027 look book here.
REDEEM™ Circular Jacquard Denim
This season marks a new chapter for Story Wear with the launch of REDEEM™, a textile-to-textile recycling platform that transforms post-consumer denim into premium fashion fabrics.
The platform’s first commercial fabric, REDEEM™ Circular Jacquard Denim, incorporates recovered post-consumer denim fibres without relying on polyester or nylon additives, demonstrating a scalable pathway toward circular fibre production while reducing dependence on virgin cotton.
Cone Denim Upcycling Collaboration
This season continues to celebrate Story Wear’s signature approach to upcycled denim through a collaboration with Cone Denim, one of the most influential names in American denim history.
Using premium deadstock fabrics from the mill’s archive, Story Wear reinterprets these heritage textiles through its distinctive patchwork and reconstruction techniques, transforming surplus materials into contemporary pieces that honour both craftsmanship and denim culture.
