Lydia Bolton
Lydia Bolton wants to help brands extend their cycles and establish a meaningful presence within the sustainability conversation.
She founded her namesake brand in 2019 at the age of 25, feeling a responsibility to demonstrate how fashion could be enjoyed in a way that didn’t harm the environment. Lydia has since become a lauded sustainably-minded designer and Creator backed by WGSN, British Vogue, The Face, Refinery29 and more.
On social, Lydia gives viewers insight into her sustainable fashion practice. She also shares tips on eco-living, conscious purchasing, and educating on new ways we can be kinder to our planet with her community of over 40K worldwide.
Over the past couple of years, Lydia has turned her attention to helping brands reach their sustainability goals, finding new ways to fight fashion waste, reduce landfill and retain relevance with the younger, eco-minded Gen Z consumer. In 2022, Lydia fronted a series of workshops for Nike’s flagship UK store, where she taught members how to turn defective stock into a unique item.
She has worked with Unilever, adidas x Manchester United, Woolmark, and Channel 4 on projects that include collaborative social content & live workshop events covering upcycling, updating, mending & creating one-off pieces. More recently, she has worked with Atelier100, Ecover, Braun, Hybebae, Pinterest, and Lemon8, launched a sustainable cycle wear collection with Lime and created bespoke Christmas jumpers for Lidl x By Rotation’s festive campaign encouraging rental fashion.
An anti-landfill advocate, she meticulously works with sleeping stock, deadstock fabrics and thrifted pieces to create luxury womenswear apparel and homeware that doesn't cost the earth.
Lydia's eclectic fashion designs have become a firm favourite within her community of conscious consumers who like to express themselves through style. Since 2022, Lydia has also been hosting upcycling workshops, taking her URL community IRL, to empower more people with the skills to tackle landfill themselves.
Lydia shows how, with skills and creativity, we can extend the lifetime of each garment so it becomes a lifetime treasured wardrobe staple for years to come.
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INSIDE THE SHEIN MACHINE WITH CHANNEL 4
Lydia collaborated with Channel 4 sharing her thoughts on their recent documentary, highlighting the stories of Shein’s garment workers. She explores how we can think differently about who made our clothes.
changing the game with man united
For this collaboration, Lydia upcycled the Man United’s adidas football kits that were worn by the team to create a collection of lifestyle pieces, promoting sustainable fashion in sportswear.
NIKE BY YOU X LYDIA BOLTON workshops
Lydia hosted a workshop with Nike to teach attendees how to remake jerseys into new pieces using handsewn patchwork techniques, with fabrics from past season and surplus nike products.
LIME X LYDIA BOLTON
Lydia collaborated with Lime to create a transitional collection of cycle wear. The pieces were made from 100% recycled materials and auctioned via Ebay with all proceeds going to charity.
collab with wool and the gang
Wool and the Gang asked Lydia to design a knitting pattern made from wool scraps to encourage makers to repurpose their excess wool. The ‘scrappy tank’ was available to download for free.
LB X EBAY X ARE YOU MAD X THE BHF
Lydia teamed up with Ebay, Are you Mad, and The British Heart Foundation on a campaign to transform donated items into fresh new pieces, as part of a collection sold on Ebay.
Fashion made circular event
Lydia joined Ocean Bottle to host an Earth Day event, Fashion Made Circular, which brought together the eco-curious and eco-conscious to celebrate the strides that we’re making sustainably.
lydia x lidl festive jumper campaign
Lydia partnered with Lidl and By Rotation to provide a greener alternative to Christmas jumpers by creating 3 bespoke designs entirely from upcycled materials which were rented out to shoppers.
pinterest predicts EVent
Lydia led an upcycling skills workshop for the press showcase of Pinterest’s annual trend report which included ‘give a scrap’- encouraging people to upcycle fabrics and reduce landfill.