About Fits
Fix That Shirt isn't just a mobile app, it's a whole project to disrupt the way we consume fashion with the aim of making it more eco-friendly and fair. We're laying the foundation for fashion's aftermarket by enabling people and fashion brands to repair, alter and upcycle their existing wardrobe and make their clothes last much longer.
We are an international team based in Paris in the largest startup campuses in the world, Station F, with support from international partners, FTA à Milan, Katalista Ventures in VilniusWith the BPI France and l'HEC Paris incubator, in Paris. We are also champions of the Fashion For Change program founded by l'EIC, and winners of the program Woman Entrepreneur for good by Women's Forum for Economy and Society.
With the ambition to become a world reference for the culture of repair and alteration services of clothing, our mission of raising awareness never stops. We are raising awareness of this culture of mending in fashion as a radical and political act, through our blog, and by connecting people with the talents to make an impact through our Fits mobile app.
Our Story
Well, Robert Swan once said, “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
Fueled by over consumption and fast fashion, the glamourous image of the industry has started to fade as more vital issues like climate change among other social and environmental concerns are being raised, questioning the role that the industry has played.
There is an urgent need to change the way we consume; choosing quality over quantity, handmade over factory made and local over global. Hence we decided to stop waiting for others to save the world and that’s how Fix That Shirt(FiTS) was born. The idea is to enable people to up-cycle their existing wardrobes instead of buying more.
We carried the same spirit of being environmentally friendly during Covid19 pandemic as well. We created a free online platform that connected people who are in need of face masks with the people who can make face-masks by up-cycling donated textiles. We ran the project under the name of ‘Make Masks, Save Lives’ for one full month, in May,2020 when there was an acute shortage of masks all across France, and we successfully created and donated 3100 upcycled and reusable barrier face masks to those in need across France including donations at organizations like “Secours Populaire-Paris”.
Read the full story on our blog
The Founder
After having invested 10+ years of my life in the field of fashion, through work and higher education, across different countries and with different cultures, it all came down to one simple question… ‘ What can I do to change this alarmingly unsustainable state of fashion?’ Et voila "Fits"!
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