We are proud to announce our collaboration with the Gothenburg, Sweden based brand SYLVI SUNDKLER, resulting in a limited capsule collection that transforms used stockings from our Recycling Club into contemporary fashion pieces. The collection consists of a top, a corset and a dress, made from nylon tights that have fulfilled their initial purpose and are now given a second life.
Behind SYLVI SUNDKLER is designer Matilda Sundkler, whose practice is defined by a fascination with material transformation. Working at the intersection of craft, experimentation and contemporary fashion, Sundkler has developed a distinctive design language that challenges conventional approaches to garment making. Rather than imposing form onto fabric, she allows form to emerge through process, creating pieces that feel as though they have evolved rather than been constructed.
Central to her work is a signature felting technique that combines Swedish waste wool with existing textiles, producing sculptural surfaces rich in texture, movement and irregularity. The resulting garments embody a unique tension between softness and structure, precision and unpredictability, giving rise to an aesthetic that is at once tactile, expressive and deeply material-led. Sustainability is not treated as an add-on, but as a natural consequence of her approach - one that begins with the question of how existing resources can be reimagined rather than replaced.
Her collaboration with Swedish Stockings, developed through the Textile Movement Talent Program, Sundkler turned her attention to a material she had long been intrigued by: nylon tights. Rather than seeing discarded tights as waste, she approached them as a material with untapped creative potential, capable of taking on an entirely new identity through transformation.
Images: Lindholmen Science Park
The project began with an intuitive act of sorting. Arranging used stockings by color, tone and transparency, Sundkler discovered unexpected visual relationships within the material itself. What first appeared as remnants gradually transformed into compositions.
"When I first received the tights, I began sorting them by color and they stopped feeling like waste and started feeling like a resource. I remember looking at the piles of sorted tights and feeling inspired by them as they were." says Sundkler.
From these compositions emerged a limited capsule collection comprising a top, a corset and a dress. Characterized by layered transparencies and nuanced tonal shifts, the pieces preserve the visual poetry found within the original materials while reimagining them through a contemporary fashion lens.
Images: Lindholmen Science Park
Throughout the collection, Sundkler continues her ongoing exploration of value, transformation and material perception. By bringing together discarded stockings and Swedish waste wool, she creates a dialogue between opposing ideas - fragility and durability, waste and desirability, tradition and innovation. In doing so, the collection challenges conventional notions of what constitutes luxury, proposing that beauty and value can be found not only in new materials, but in those that already exist.
"A lot of materials are discarded because they've lost their original function, not because the material itself has lost its value," she explains. "Projects like this can help challenge those assumptions and encourage people to look at materials differently."
The corset is created through Sylvi Sundkler's signature felting process. Made out of 10 stockings and Swedish waste wool. Images: Lindholmen Science Park
As part of a new generation of designers reshaping fashion's relationship with production and resources, Sundkler represents a broader shift within the industry. Her work suggests that sustainability is as much about creativity and systems thinking as it is about material choices; about finding new ways of making, valuing and imagining fashion.
More than a study in upcycling, the collaboration reflects a shared commitment between Swedish Stockings and SYLVI SUNDKLER to innovation, craftsmanship and circular design. Through a process driven by curiosity, material sensitivity and experimentation, the collection reveals how discarded materials can be transformed into objects of desire, offering a compelling vision of fashion's more resource-conscious future.
Images: Lindholmen Science Park
The top, corset and dress – each piece is handcrafted from approximately 7 to 16 pairs of discarded tights from Swedish Stockings Recycling Club.
