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Mar 11
1h 9m

ELV's Anna Foster on upcycling denim and...

Delizia Media
About this episode
Anna Foster is the founder and creative director of the sustainable fashion brand ELV Denim – a company that has saved thousands of pairs of jeans from going into landfill, upcycling them into something genuinely desirable instead. She started her career in magazines and worked as a fashion editor for 20 years at titles such as Exit and i-D, before becoming ... Show More
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