maddie and wynn
a refashioned fashion story
reClaimed | upCycled | rePurposed
Maddie has a passion for fashion. It began with needle and thread stitching and lessons from her grandmother, GG. Then she got creative with markers, fabric paint, duct tape, and over the edge with a glue gun adding bling and appliques to anything she considered boring. Her friends tagged her refashioned fashion ‘Maddily Modified’.
At thirteen, her grandmother gave her a sewing machine that had embroidery and patternmaking features. Now, her creative possibilities were wide open. She made a leash for her dog, then another with matching collar and jacket. She dubbed her small-dog fashion ‘WynnWear’.
She feels ten feet tall when people ask where she got such cute stuff for her pup and she can answer, ‘I made it’. The more she worked at refashioning fashion from discarded or thrifted clothes, the more excited she got about creating fun and fresh things for her, Wynn, and eventually others.
While still in middle-school she began designing her own eco-fashion line and named it Maddie and Wynn reFashioned Fashion.
Being a teenpreneur requires support from those who know more about business and, or fashion than she did. So, she asked her grandmother (muralist/artist), mother (fashion and cultural anthropologist), sewing store shopkeeper, other textile artists and market sellers, to help her become the type of designer that consciously considers the production, sale, and dumping fashion has on the environment.
Check out some of Maddie’s creations through the clothing tag below or follow her on social media (links below).
Click Maddie and Wynn fashion label to see more
For more information on Maddie and Wynn’s reFashioned Fashion social enterprise initiative
visit taledi.ca/upcycled-fashion or contact us at info@maddie-and-wynn.com.
Terresa Augustine has been establishing, steering and guiding entrepreneurial businesses and social enterprise initiatives for more than 30 years. She serves as managing director of TaLedi Enterprise Development Inc., contributes advice and mentorship to non-profit, charities, and profit organizations, where she holds or has held board and senior leadership roles. To learn more about Terresa’s background and current projects visit taledi.ca or check-out her LinkedIn profile.
Are you interested in being a refashionist or establishing a refashion sewing circle in your community?
Contact info@maddie-and-wynn.com. Please reference refashioned fashion in the subject line.