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Can I Legally Re-purpose Designer Goods?
The reseller world is all buzzing about Netflix original, “Slobby’s World”. The show focuses on Slobby Robby, owner of Generation Cool and his 80’s/90’s pop-culture shop. Robby showcases some of his custom-re-purposed pieces, like those MCM, Gucci, LV Slides. With sustainable fashion becoming a hot trend, you’d think re-purposing would be a fantastic alternative for the environment. Creating less landfill, gas, emissions and wastes in our oceans sounds great, but don’t start cutting up designer garments before reading the legalities. Source: Netflix; Slobby’s World Re-Purposing Let’s say you found a vintage Gucci bag at a thrift shop. The handles are in terrible shape, the bottom is all stained however, the other material is salvageable. You decide to bust out the old Singer sewing machine and start re-purposing, using…