By late 2025 ✹ we aim to open our warehouse, storefront, and community center in Austin, Texas!

 We’re here to redefine the word 'waste.'

What others discard, we transform. Your unusable clothes become valuable materials with endless potential—remade jackets, stuffed animals, home insulation, couch stuffing, and whatever else we can dream up. Material Union represents a vision of working together to build systems of support— for each other, for the planet, and for a sustainable future.


Why are we called Material ✷ Union?

We chose a name to reflect our mission to foster union & reciprocity — between people, the Earth & the materials we’ve polluted it with.
It’s also a tribute to the power of unionized labor, cooperatively owned businesses, and the importance of protecting workers’ rights. Fair wages and safe working conditions are often denied to workers globally (even in our own backyard). We’re committed to creating a workplace that sets a new standard for equity and respect.


We’re building a ✹ textile recycling facility

By summer 2025, we aim to open our warehouse, storefront, and community center.

It all started with a quilt coat.

We originally began by wanting to preserve the beauty of these handmade, heirloom quilts by re-imaging them as coats. But the reality is that can only divert so much waste, one coat at a time.

So we sought out a way to not only salvage as much clothing from landfill as possible, but also create an avenue to create fair-wage jobs within a worker-owned company. Being cooperatively owned, we’re directly building communal wealth and ownership within marginalized communities.

love from the community:

"I love styling my one-of-a kind pieces and wear them giddily, knowing that my acquisition saved these former blankets, jeans, curtains (to name a few) from ending up in the landfill. There may not be such thing as conscious consumerism under capitalism, but gosh dang if this isn’t close."

— Daniela S.

"Material Union is the brand of my dreams, unifying sustainability with unique and well-designed fashion. By salvaging fabrics for these pieces and turning them into head-turning apparel, Christa breaths new life into the soul of these textiles - giving us reincarnation on earth. "

— Daniela S.

"Whether it's through community efforts or personal will, Material Union does not fall short of expectations. From communication to quality and design, you can feel the energy that is put into everything encompassing this company. If you're looking for people that put their money where their mouth is, trust in Material Union.
AND. I MEAN. THAT SHIT."

— Kia A.

Material Union started out of a desire to create a business that will Benefit generations to come and bring us home to our Connection with the Earth.