Dedicated to fashion designers, the support program for edition #1, around fashion upcycling, focused on increasing technical skills and training around pricing and digital communication. During the three-month program, a collective collection of recycled clothes was produced by the participating candidates from the conceptualization phase to the manufacturing stage.

The shortlisted candidates after the online call for projects presented their concepts and projects to a jury of experts in the fashion sector in Tunisia. Following this final selection phase, six designers were selected to benefit from the support program specializing in upcycling.

Each candidate is involved in this program with the aim of being supported in the application of upcycling in the process of manufacturing a collection of clothes from unsold items.

• A 3-month technical support through workshops led by experts whose objective was to learn and apply the upcycling approach in the realization of a totally upcycled collection with unsold clothing provided in the program.
• Online training in digital marketing and pricing and meetings with entrepreneurs committed to responsible fashion.
• A visit to the INDIGO foundation depot for the selection of unsold clothes to be upcycled.