About RCM

Roberta Ciardo

RCM was established by Roberta Ciardo in 2019. Roberta is an emerging artist, fashion designer and stylist, who is an enthusiast for minimising the negative impacts of the fashion industry. She aims to reduce the need for fast fashion through the recycling and deconstruction of material into repurposed garments.She first found her passion by upcycling unwanted products as a hobby in 2011, eight years later she turned this into her ownWith an underlying desire to venture into sustainable fashion, post-pandemic, she collaborated with a collective of creatives who enhanced her inspiration for painting on clothing and deconstruction.

In March 2022 she hosted a fashion show in Soho, showcasing her first collection in collaboration with other artists.

More recently, she has ventured into the world of Web 3.0 collaborating with digital artists on projects turning physical garments into NFTs. The vision here is to design pieces which will help prevent overconsumption within the fashion industry