girlwithbeads specialises in creating clothing, bags and accessories from recycled materials.

'Making the ordinary beautiful, the ugly desirable and the unwanted wanted.'

girlwithbeads aka Rebecca Alderman started out by making little bags & things from found objects, recycled materials, plastic bags, old clothes, etc. Right from the beginning recycling was a very important issue for gwb and she decided everything she produced would stick to a green ethos. This passion developed into a range of unique, handcrafted bags and accessories made from old clothes, including flat caps, suit jackets and ties.

There is a gallery of one-off creations that have been made over the last few years and the shop from which you can purchase the most recent designs.

girlwithbeads is also part of a fashion collective of eco-friendly designers called Revamp, and as part of this group exhibited at Esthetica @ London Fashion Week in Sept 08, and a group show at Time for Tea, Shoreditch for LFW in Feb 09.

See: www.revampfashion.co.uk for more info

To see recent press click here.

flat cap bag as displayed at [re]design 06

girlwithbeads stall at Sunday (Up) Market, Old Truman Brewery, East London

• New Designers: July 2003, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
• Pop The Cracker: December 2003, The Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter
• Re:fuse - Recycled Fashion & Accessories: February 2005, Old Truman Brewery, London
• Recycling Awareness Event: July 2005, Cambridgeshire County Council
• [re]design @ Potassium: July 2006, Marble Arch, London
• [re]design 06 - Good & Gorgeous: September 2006, London Design Festival, Old Truman Brewery, London
• Eco Design Xmas Fair: December 2006, Camden, London
• Eco Design Summer Fair: June 2007, Hampstead, London
• Recycling for Cumbria: June 2007
• [re]design Contains Exhibition: October 2007, Newcastle
• Hidden Art Fair: November 2007, Stoke Newington, London
• Clothes Show Live: December 2007, Birmingham
• Esthetica @ London Fashion Week: September 2008
• Fashion Show: September 2008, British Library, London
• Eco Design Xmas Fair: December 2008, Old Truman Brewery, London
• Revamp @ Time For Tea, London Fashion Week: February 2009
• Eco Design Summer Fair: June 2009, Old Truman Brewery, London
• Bermondsey Street Festival: Sept 2009, Bermondsey St, London