The Business Of Recycle Material Fashion - The House Of BEDI

Vonoi Magazine:
Tell me how you started BEDI.

Inder Bedi:
Basically, it all started in the scrap yards of Quebec. I started looking for materials that already exist that could be used to make fashionable products. I really wanted to work with materials that have been discarded versus creating virgin stuff.

Inder Bedi:
So our first collection was bags that are made out of recycled airline seats and seat belts that have been just discarded. From there, we moved on to working with materials that are made out of regenerated fish nets. We continued with the seat belts that are all upcycled in Canada.

:Vonoi Magazine: What was the hardest part of starting a business?

Inder Bedi:
Finding materials and then reworking them into our designs. Finding materials in scrap yards, and then actually working them so that they look pleasing enough to be part of a fashion brand and the seat belts.

Vonoi Magazine:
Last question. What is the purpose of using recycle materials? Why is that so important to you?

Inder Bedi:
With everything going on in the world, climate change, it ties into our slogan, one day everything new will come from something old. I had a vegan brand for about 20 years that I left, because I wanted to come back to local production. That was called Matt & Nat. I wanted to come back to something that just came back to producing again in North America, and also working with materials that already exist versus creating new materials when the world doesn't need more of that.

Inder Bedi:
Inder, I-N-D-E-R. Last name is Bedi, B-E-D-I. We are located in Montreal, Canada.

Vonoi Magazine:
People can order online?

Inder Bedi:
Of course, yeah. We ship all over the world.

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