Rentrayage was born out of the concept of reimagining and reanimating what has already existed; creating beauty and value, new shape, new form, new style from what has been discarded.  

Inspired by Louise Bourgeois, Rentrayage is a French word to mend and to “make whole again,“ we bring old clothes, vintage fabrics, and dead-stock back to life. But this goes beyond stitching things back together in a new way; this is the groundwork for a new way of thinking along with innovative methods. 

As a sustainable small business, we work to continuously improve and learn.

Designing into a concept creates waste in the name of creativity. Inherently unsustainable, it requires you to add and overdo. Rentrayage is a rejection of this prodigal business model. We are creating our own way of reimagining and reanimating what has already existed; creating beauty and value; new shape, new form, new style from what has been discarded.  

Down to Rentrayage’s foundation — ours is a fresh and conscientious approach to fashion. The Collection is entirely handcrafted in New York and Brooklyn, and each piece is one-of-a-kind or limited edition. 

Always maintaining 100% sustainability, as we continue to grow and refine our process, our Home offerings complement our burgeoning but strictly curated catalog. So have a look and shop confidently knowing that the purchase of a Rentrayage product is creating the least waste possible.

- Erin Beatty

As a sustainable small business, we work to continuously improve and learn.

We design luxury fashion and homewares out of existing, recycled and regenerative materials.

Beyond stitching things back together, we’re laying the groundwork for a new way of thinking about production and consumption. In an increasingly eco-minded marketplace, we are designing a way to live both sustainably and beautifully.

The textile industry is the third most polluting industry worldwide, behind fuel and agriculture. 92 million tons of textile waste, 4% of global waste, is generated by the fashion industry annually. 

The fashion industry overproduces goods by 30-40% each season. Every second, one garbage truck full of clothing is burned or dumped in a landfill. Clothing consumption is on track to rise 63% by 2030. 

Only 1% of clothes are recycled into new garments. Fashion accounts for 20% of global wastewater and 4% of fresh-water withdrawals. The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of all global carbon emissions.

At Rentrayage we regenerate and renew fashion’s surplus, helping to solve the most important issue that the fashion industry faces today: waste. We believe that value, beauty & purpose can be found in existing materials. 

In all of our processes, we first source from and use vintage or deadstock materials, as these are the most sustainable options. When new materials are required, we use regenerative and sustainable options that are traceable to their origin. 

We take back items from our customers so that we may repurpose them, again. We donate unusable materials to Fabscrap, a Brooklyn based textile reuse and recycling resource.

We support artists and artisans around the world who share our commitment to sustainability. All the partner brands sold on our website work exclusively with recycled, upcycled, or regenerative materials.  

We are committed to ethical working conditions - our Collection is made in small, fair-wage sample facilities in the United States and Europe.  We only work with factories that we have visited in person to ensure that all of our production is occurring on site.