In Arnhem you will find Hul le Kes. Its own manufacturing studio is based in a former wood mill. Here all their items are made by hand, dyed and transported to its clients all over the world. By April 2022 Hul le Kes opened a new, private shopping experience, in an old hardware store in the center of its hometown. Hul le Kes’ founders Sjaak Hullekes and Sebastiaan Kramer have been working together for years and wanted to change the system. To create a new paradigm on fashion. Moving away from the superficial looks so prevalent in today’s social media and fashion industry, Hul le Kes wants to show it is not perfection but imperfection that makes people and clothes interesting and characterful. Inspired by antiques and arts, Hul le Kes wants to show people another value of fashion. Each Hul le Kes garment has its own passport, which the wearer can use to write down memories about wearing the garment. When a garment could use a new life, the piece can be returned with this passport. At the Hul le Kes Recovery Studio the item will get a make-over with plant based dyes and mending services; ready for a new life with a new owner and its own stories attached via the passport. Hul le Kes only uses secondhand, vintage, antique and dead stock materials to create new designs. Therewith no garment will look the same. At their own studio they will dye materials with food waste such as avocado seeds and onions or products found in the forest.