Emergency Room

EDITOR'S NOTE

Eric Mathieu Ritter founded Emergency Room in Beirut in 2018, and the premise has not shifted: every garment is built from locally sourced vintage cloth and deadstock, cut and stitched by tailors in Beirut and Tripoli, and made one of a kind by necessity rather than marketing. The result is gender-fluid and conceptually serious, carpets turned into kimonos and hoodies, patchwork tailoring, fringed and bejewelled caps. The Fashion Trust Arabia Franca Sozzani Award followed, but the upcycling here predates the recognition and the crisis it responded to. What earns Emergency Room a place is that the sustainability is structural, not a claim, and the clothes still hold up as clothes.

From Emergency Room.

FITTED FLORAL HALTER TOP WITH AN OPEN BACK

FITTED HALTER TOP WITH AN OPEN BACK

SHEER LACE HALTER TOP WITH AN OPEN BACK

BRALETTE IN LAME

BACKLESS TOP WITH TASSELS (CREAM AND GOLD)

CROCHET HALTER TOP

FLORAL BOAT NECK TOP

BOAT NECK TOP FLORAL PATCHWORK

BOAT NECK TOP IN TABLE LINEN

BOAT NECK TOP IN TABLE LINEN

BOAT NECK PAISLEY PRINT (GREEN)

PRINTED BACKLESS TOP WITH FRINGES (BURGUNDY AND BLUE)

BACKLESS TOP IN FLORAL SATIN FABRIC WITH FRINGES

BACKLESS FLORAL TOP WITH FRINGES (BROWN AND GOLD)

BACKLESS TOP WITH FRINGES (LAME GREEN)

PRINTED BACKLESS TOP WITH FRINGES (RED)

BOAT NECK TOP IN FLORAL PATCHWORK

BRALETTE IN LAME

BRALETTE IN TABLE LINENS

BRALETTE IN TABLE LINENS

BRALETTE IN TABLE LINENS

SHEER LACE HALTER TOP WITH AN OPEN BACK

EMBROIDERED STRAPPY HANDKERCHIEF TOP

CARGO SHORTS IN GIRAFFE PRINT

FLORAL BOXER SHORTS

TROPICAL BOXER SHORTS

UPCYCLED SHIRT SHORTS WITH BUTTONING TAB

FLORAL BOXER SHORTS

CARGO SHORTS IN TROPICAL PRINT

LONG SHORTS SWAN

LONG SHORT IN PUMPKIN PRINT

EMBROIDERED SLEEVE POCKET SHORTS

FLORAL SLEEVE POCKET SHORTS

STRIPED BOXER SHORTS (BLACK)

COCA-COLA BOXER SHORTS

STRIPED BOXER SHORTS

BOXER SHORTS

UPSYCYCLED SHIRT SHORTS WITH BUTTONING TAB

STRIPED SLEEVE POCKET SHORTS

PLEATED FLORAL SHORTS WITH FRINGES