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Colleen Berwick, Denim Redemption

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Denim Redemption


MBF Member Colleen Berwick launched Denim Redemption (previously Affinity Rose Designs) 3 years ago


Denim Redemption is a small business that creates handbags and other designs from recycled denim (jeans, skirts, shorts) and unwanted fabrics. The owner, Colleen, is very conscious and concerned about the environmental effects of the processes employed in the making of various materials and the disposing of clothes, especially to landfill.


Hence, Denim Redemption's Mission is to :

  • Reduce textile waste by giving old clothes a new life.

  • Create beautiful and functional bags.

  • Raise awareness about the environmental impact of the clothing industry.


Check out some of her recycled individual bag & pouch designs below.




Denim Redemption - sample of bespoke bags

Go to website here.




About Colleen Berwick


Even as a child Colleen was interested in sewing and knitting, undertaking classes in both.


As an adult, experiencing difficulty with buying clothes to fit, Colleen found a sewing class in Melbourne (where she was living at the time) and started her journey of pattern making and producing clothing to suit herself.


After moving to Port Macquarie, Colleen started a TAFE dress making course.

One of the study components was an environmental module. Here she learned about how fabrics and materials were developed and made and that there are a lot of chemicals and other processes involved in the construction of most fabrics, denim included. Similarly, during the decomposition process, textiles generate greenhouse methane gas and leach toxic chemicals and dyes into groundwater and soil.


Hence Colleen's desire that Denim Redemption creates environmentally responsible bespoke bags using all the technical pattern making and sewing skills she has amassed over the years.


Contact Details


Colleen Berwick


Mobile - 0436487291


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