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A one-of-one Upthread hoodie in forest green with a cream wave panel crossing the chest and hood.

ONE OF ONE. ALWAYS.

Nothing new. Everything original.

Upthread rescues used clothing from American wholesale pallets and remakes it into one-of-one hoodies and garments. When a piece sells, it's gone. There will never be another.

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THE DESIGN LANGUAGE

Cuts that don't stop at the seam.

Flowers, circles, drips, waves, S-curves, face profiles. Every shape is cut by our partner workshop for that one garment, and none of them stay politely in the middle. They run across sleeves, over shoulders and up into the hood. Sometimes they replace an entire panel. No templates. No repeats. No boxy patch in the center of the chest.

  • Flower
  • Circle
  • Drip
  • Wave
  • S-curve
  • Profile
Close-up of an appliqué edge stitched across a sleeve seam.

11.3 million tons

of textiles went to U.S. landfills in a single year.

Source: U.S. EPA, Facts and Figures about Materials, Waste and Recycling, 2018 data. EPA data

We can't fix that alone. We can keep the garments we touch in use, one at a time.

THE PROCESS

From pallet to one of one.

  1. Illustration of a pallet of used clothing.

    01

    Sourced.

  2. Illustration of a pallet being shipped to the sewing workshop.

    02

    Sent to the workshop.

  3. Illustration of fabric being cut into an organic wave shape.

    03

    Cut.

  4. Illustration of a sewing machine stitching an appliqué.

    04

    Sewn.

  5. Illustration of a finished one-of-one hoodie with a piece number tag.

    05

    One of one.

  6. Illustration of a finished piece boxed and shipped to its owner.

    06

    Shipped and sold.

  7. Illustration of a hoodie lifted away from the ocean.

    07

    One less.

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A sewing workshop table with cut fleece panels and thread.

FOR MAKERS

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