About this episode

Natalie Prosper discusses her journey of turning thrifted clothes into a unique streetwear brand and the creative processes involved.

Natalie turns thrifted clothes into one-of-one streetwear by combining secondhand sourcing, screen printing, sewing, and upcycling. On the Get Thrifty Podcast, she shares how Eccentric Soul 1996 grew from sketches in a college dorm to ThriftCon, where Tyler, the Creator stopped by her booth and checked out her work. Host Maggie Scivicque talks with Natalie about the creative process behind her Atlanta-based streetwear brand, why she chooses thrifted denim for her designs, and what it really takes to build a handmade fashion business from the ground up. Natalie also shares why she looks beyond brand names when sourcing, how she taught herself screen printing and sewing, and why the failures and $0 pop-ups are just as important to document as the wins. GUEST HANDLES & RESOURCES TT: @eccentricsoul1996 IG: @eccentricsoul1996 Website: https://eccentricsoul1996.com/ SHOW NOTES How Natalie transforms thrifted denim into one-of-one streetwear and wearable art Why fabric quality, feel, and creative potential matter more than the brand name when she's thrifting How teaching herself screen printing and returning to sewing completely changed Eccentric Soul What happened when Tyler, the…

People in this episode

Host: Maggie Scivicque

Guest: Natalie Prosper

Topics covered

• thrifted fashion
• streetwear
• upcycling
• screen printing
• handmade business

Keywords

• thrifted clothes
• streetwear brand
• upcycling
• screen printing
• fashion business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eccentric Soul 1996, ThriftCon

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