Nicole McLaughlin

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Nicole McLaughlin
NationalityAmerican
Known forFashion
Style Avant-garde
Website nicolemclaughlin.com

Nicole McLaughlin is an American artist and designer best known for upcycled fashion pieces. [1]

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Personal life

McLaughlin was born and raised in Verona, New Jersey, [2] graduating in 2011 from Verona High School. [3] She has a bachelor's degree in photography and digital art from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. [3] [4]

Work

McLaughlin's work involves the reuse of materials for reconstructed clothing. She began creating reconstructed clothing as a hobby while working as a graphic designer for clothing company Reebok using discarded samples. [5] She maintains workshops for collaborations with brands and institutions such as Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, where she teaches design students. [5]

Collaborations

In 2020, sustainable footwear company Allbirds announced a collaboration with McLaughlin under fashion house Market Studios. Mike Cherman of Market Studios introduced McLaughlin to Allbirds founder Tim Brown. [6] The collaboration produced slippers, a vest, tote bags, and a beach chair, which Ian Servantes of Inverse praised, though claiming the collaboration was an unsuccessful attempt to make Allbirds "cool." [7] The money raised through collaboration was donated to mutual aid collective The Okra Project and environmental group Sunrise Movement. [8]

In 2024, McLaughlin collaborated with Highsnobiety magazine to repurpose Samsonite backpacks into a jacket. The jacket features detachable sleeves and two backpack pouches on the front. McLaughlin described modularity as a design principle. [9]

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