Art & Circularity: Brands Driving Circular Change
Discover the brands that are dedicating themselves to circular practices, rethinking materials, approaches to design, and production methods to create products that are better for the planet.
Exclusive in New York
The Falls
Featured in the Playroom and Salon
Founded by Leong Ong and Philip Leeming, The Falls started with a fascination for the quirky and forgotten. What began as an archival design resource in New York’s Hudson Valley has grown into a collection that spans embroidered textiles, reworked jewelry, and furniture. Rooted in craftsmanship and close collaboration with skilled artisans in India and beyond, The Falls transforms the discarded into the extraordinary through intricate hand embroidery and beading. 
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Sky High Farm Goods
Featured in the Playroom
Sky High Farm Goods activates consumer culture in support of the food equity work of Hudson Valley nonprofit Sky High Farm. In the spirit of the farm's regenerative farming practices, the brand is exclusively launching its first item for the pantry - seasonal wildflower honey - and a honey capsule collection made from upcycled vintage pieces at Printemps. Offered in a variety of colors, each piece is one-of-a-kind and features a 'Honey' embroidery by illustrator Joana Avillez.
Director: @davidbrandongeeting
Director of Photography: @trend_reznor
Photo Assistant: @justinsarinana
Food Stylist: @mpearljones
Set Designer: @babywalton
Visual Editor: @weekendposthouse, @shaletin
Director: @davidbrandongeeting
Director of Photography: @trend_reznor
Photo Assistant: @justinsarinana
Food Stylist: @mpearljones
Set Designer: @babywalton
Visual Editor: @weekendposthouse, @shaletin
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UNLESS
Featured in the Playroom
UNLESS is the world’s first 100% plant-based, zero-plastic apparel and footwear brand, born in the Pacific Northwest and inspired by the utility and style of skate, surf, outdoor, and workwear cultures. Designed to leave nothing behind, UNLESS creates regenerative products that are fully natural, biodegradable, and made to return safely to the earth. Collaborating with artists like Nathaniel Russell, the brand fuses creativity with responsibility, proving that bold design and a circular future can walk hand in hand.
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Mover
Featured in the Playroom
Mover is a Swiss-born sportswear brand pioneering a plastic-free future for performance apparel. Rooted in the Alps and shaped by a passion for the mountains, Mover began by creating technical skiwear using more ecologically conscious materials. Over a decade of research later, the brand launched Plastic-Free Sportswear in 2021, proving that natural fibers can deliver uncompromising comfort, breathability, and performance.
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Seea
Featured in the Playroom
Designed and made in California, Seea draws inspiration from surf culture around the world. Founded by avid surfer Amanda Chinchelli, the brand blends performance, style, and sustainability, creating swimwear and wetsuits that move with you in and out of the water. Each piece is crafted responsibly, using high-quality recycled textiles and natural rubber alternatives instead of neoprene, resulting in pieces that perfectly balance form and function.
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Finisterre
Featured in the Playroom
Finisterre is a pioneering cold-water surf brand founded in Cornwall, England, creating gear for a changing planet. Finisterre created the first wetsuits in the UK made entirely of Yulex Pure® rubber, a renewable alternative to neoprene that delivers the same high-performance without the environmental harm. Known for clean design and craftsmanship, the brand also makes post-surf essentials that have become modern staples, from soft wool knits to technical outerwear built to last.
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Clean Waves
Featured in the Playroom
Clean Waves creates limited-edition sunglasses from reclaimed fishing gear and marine plastic, collected through Parley for the Oceans - a global network working to protect marine environments. Each frame is crafted in Italy and carries GPS coordinates marking the exact location it helps protect, with 100% of proceeds funding island cleanups.
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Crafting Plastics
Featured in the Playroom
Crafting Plastics studio reimagines the future of materials with the creation of their 100% biobased, biodegradable plastic called NUATAN®. Founded in Bratislava, Slovakia by Vlasta Kubušová and Miroslav Král, the studio works at the intersection of design and science, turning perishable resources into durable, functional, and beautiful objects ranging from everyday goods to experimental design to fine art.
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Imagine5
Featured in the Playroom
Imagine5 is a nonprofit storytelling platform using creativity and culture to inspire greener living. Founded in 2019, it shares hopeful, solutions-driven perspectives on climate and community through film, editorial, and its biannual magazine. As part of our Art & Circularity program, Imagine5 brings its vision to Printemps New York, showing how storytelling itself can be a catalyst for more conscious ways of living.
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BETTTER
Featured in the Playroom
BETTTER transforms men’s deadstock suits into womenswear using advanced upcycling systems powered by digital mapping and fit algorithms. Founded by stylist Julie Pelipas, the brand extends the life of what exists while redefining contemporary tailoring.
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Rollr
Featured in the Playroom and Beauty Corridor
Rollr makes natural deodorant in refillable glass bottles, using prebiotics, minerals, and organic botanicals to neutralize odor without harsh chemicals. Designed to reduce waste, each gemstone roller refill cuts packaging by 90%, turning a daily ritual into a small act of environmental care.
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evolvetogether
Featured in the Playroom
Evolvetogether grew from Cynthia Kozue Sakai’s belief that small, thoughtful actions can add up to something bigger. Made in Southern California with clean, science-backed formulas and planet-minded packaging, each item carries global coordinates as a reminder that we’re all connected, no matter where we live.
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People of Earth
Featured in the Playroom and Beauty Corridor
People of Earth makes zero-waste skincare with a dual focus on results and responsibility. Formulas use clinically proven actives, while packaging is a breakthrough in itself: durable jars and bottles made from good bacteria that stand up to daily use but fully compost in 52 weeks - no recycling or special facilities needed. Plastic-free, cruelty-free, and transparent right down to the ingredient.
Exclusive in New York
Glass Cyprus
Featured in the Salon
Brothers Samee and Saber Ahmed founded Glass Cypress in 2016 in Houston, TX, to reimagine luxury menswear through artisanal dyeing, quilting, and construction. Working with skilled artisans in Southern Asia, they reinvent classic silhouettes with precision and innovation. For our Arts & Circularity program, Glass Cypress presents an entirely upcycled capsule collection, transforming discarded pieces into thoughtfully crafted garments.
Exclusive in New York
Who Decides War
Featured in the Playroom
Founded by Everard “Ev Bravado” Best and Téla D’Amore, Who Decides War launched in 2019 with a reimagined vision of Americana, blending experimental denim layering with classic menswear tailoring. This fall, the brand presents an exclusive capsule of upcycled denim and trunks, transforming each piece with layered patchwork and meticulous detailing into something strikingly original.
Exclusive in New York
Zaihsbirthday
Featured in the Playroom
Isaiah Gardner (b. 1999, Brooklyn, NY) is a mixed media artist and founder of Zaihsbirthday. A creative brand exploring the intersection of wearable art, abstract painting, and self-expression. Drawing from a complex personal history and a background in visual arts. Isaiah’s work investigates themes of healing, identity, and transformation.
Exclusive in New York
J.Logan Home
Featured in the Salon
J. Logan Home transforms iconic patterns from revered fashion houses into apparel and homewares designed to be used, worn, and seen. Based in Palm Beach, Florida, Creative Director Logan Horne collaborates with local artisans - seamstresses, patternmakers, and builders - bringing decades of expertise to each piece while honoring the heritage of the originals. The result is a collection of rescued collectibles and heirlooms reimagined as modern masterpieces.
French, Exclusive in New York
Mon Vintage
Featured in the Salon and Boudoir
From Paris to New York, Marie Blanchet brings her highly curated, highly coveted, vintage assortment Mon Vintage to Printemps New York. Former head of vintage at Vestaire Collective, the beloved vintage luxury fashion site, Blanchet draws on years of archival research and private sourcing to create a collection of cohesively curated pieces. Rooted in sustainability and re-use, Mon Vintage celebrates fashion’s timelessness.
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