Clothes Call

Giving your old clothes fashionable new life

ou know you do it—wear your clothes a few times and then get bored with them. Now you can rekindle the excitement. For a ridiculously low price, d.aMa Design will "refashion" your old fashions and return them to you looking entirely new, unique, and up to date. It's the concept of multitalented Brazilian-born designer Amanda Maciel Antunes, who's also an artist, stylist, and personal shopper, and whose own original designs also incorporate recycled materials. She works out of the vintage shop Artifaktori, or you can contact her online. Carriero

Shhhh! Antunes first came to Boston as a
high-school exchange student and returned after graduating from art school. She has designed for
singer Katie Chastain and the band Gretel.

Shhh who knew

Americans throw away just under 10 million tons of clothing and other textiles per year, and donate or recycle 2.5 billion pounds, or 10 pounds for every man, woman, and child in the country.