Lët'z Refashion by Hëllef um Terrain is a store (“boutique-atelier”) for sustainable and ethical fashion. It is a project supported by the Ministry of Environnement, Climate and Biodiversity. We offer upcycled and second hand clothes (from local designers and resellers), as well as workshops. Our target audiences are high school students and the wider public. The project is based on three pillars:

1. Awareness: educating on the issues of the entire value chain from the garment sector. We offer solutions and alternatives to fast fashion by encouraging better consumption (buying less, buying better). We also provide mini conferences to invite experts on consumption and textile.  
2. Skills: we organise workshops and repair cafés for people to learn and develop sewing skills. By providing affordable and accessible workshops, we hope people will appreciate the work and skills level it takes to make garments, and value their clothes more.  
3. Exchange: creating a hub and providing a space in Luxembourg for our designers and audience to exchange the fashion industry and concepts such as circularity.

For the year 2023, HUT achieved the following results:

• 40 upcycling workshops with 250 participants;
• 3 clothing swaps were organised;
• an average of 112 items sold per month;
• an average of 340 visitors per month in the store;
• 60 suppliers, including upcycling designers, associations, second hand initiatives and accessory makers;
• a weekly repair café every Friday, animated by a former refugee;
• a survey conducted for the upcycling workshops, which showed the following:
  • 95% of respondents are ready to put into practice the knowledge acquired;
  • more than 50% of participants declare themselves ready to buy less new clothing;
  • more than 50% are encouraged to pay more attention to the quality and origin of new clothing purchased.

For the years to come, the numbers are expected to increase.