Zero Waste Daniel

Zero Waste Daniel The first zero waste line of clothes made from ReRoll, the fabric of the future.

06/06/2026

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jump scare ⏩️ same me, same scissors. I started my business in my bedroom in Park Slope, Brooklyn in 2011. After I got m...
06/03/2026

jump scare ⏩️ same me, same scissors. I started my business in my bedroom in Park Slope, Brooklyn in 2011. After I got my first collection off the ground, I moved to my first commercial space Manhattan’s Garment District in mid 2013. Before the end of my lease, my building asked if they could move me upstairs to give my unit to a more important tenant. I obliged. By the end of 2016, I knew my collection was failing. I packed up my things and move back to Brooklyn, this time to the Sunset Park neighborhood, in a coworking space where I retooled my business to a fledgling zwd. Ironically, they also asked me to move upstair. Again, I obliged. When the host company became defunct, I moved out with short notice and scrambled to find a live/work studio, eventually landing in Bushwick. There, I created the work I would sell in the market in downtown Manhattan 6 days a week. In the morning, I would let a couple of sewers into my home, commute into the city, sell my scrappy shirts from 10 AM until 8 PM, return home, and finish up the day’s inventory before a quick rinse and repeat. I moved from Booth to Booth until I finally was able to open my pop-up shop in South Williamsburg, so back to Brooklyn I went! The shop started humble with plywood tables. Eventually I met 💕 He was like gasoline on my spark. Together, we remerchandised and rebuilt a permanent space, or so we thought. Shortly, after we were married, the pandemic hit, and we closed the store. We moved the studio back into the Bushwick apartment, quickly realizing we had outgrown our ourselves. We found a new home and spent the better part of the next two years working from our Covid shelter. Slowly, as the world reopened, we found a little space off the Morgan L train in a building where everyone said the landlord was “nice.” after a year of settling in and decorating, our rent was increased by more than $1,000 a month. The landlord told us that he wanted us out because he had a family member that he wanted to give our unit to, so we either had to pay up or pack up. Real “nice.” But I’m a big believer in fate. I told Mario that I never wanted to open a story again. He told me that was funny.

The 10 moments I am most proud of:1. Taking the first step. I walked in a factory and asked if I could have their trash....
06/02/2026

The 10 moments I am most proud of:
1. Taking the first step. I walked in a factory and asked if I could have their trash. This moment took an abstract concept and made it real. When I turned the corner and was confronted with a mountain of trash, it broke my heart. When I started transforming it into fashion, it changed my life.
2. Picking up the pieces. My first label failed, and I moved into a coworker space where I designed the first ZWD collection. The energy of working near other entrepreneurs inspired my first “Bowie” the design that put zwd on the map.
3. Placing a bet on myself. I sewed together my scraps, and put my last few dollars down as a deposit on a booth in a market. I ate a piece of humble pie every morning for breakfast, and went to sell my scrappy shirts. One by one, I used to count how many more shirts I would need to sell each month in order to pay rent, buy food, and to make it to the next month. One foot in front of the other, I walked down my path until one day in the market, I met an investor, and my life changed again.
4. Opening my first store. Against all odds, on a side street in Brooklyn, I built this brand a home.
5. My field of dreams. It is my lived experience that if you build it, they will come. Journalists, reporters, and creators found my shop and shared my story. One night I went to sleep, and when I awoke a video went viral. 30 million viewers around the world had seen my work and there was a line of people waiting to get in the shop when we opened that day.
6. Unlocking potential. I didn’t know I could make art like this. I haven’t always had means to pay for things, but I’ve always had the guts to ask for what I want. When I couldn’t afford it, I offered to trade a piece of my art, and discovered this skill I didn’t know I had.
7. Surviving the pandemic. Evolving was painful. We closed our beloved little store, and fortified ourselves. We were lucky that people wanted to connect on the Internet, and there was a new appetite for small textile goods. I made a pattern for masks, and started experimenting with content creation. Those years feel a little blurry, and I’m really proud of us for getting through them.

05/31/2026

Ten Years, part two: Cabaret

05/26/2026

presents: small spaces, big ideas. How it feels to be turning ten, and what’s YOUR big idea? Use code ZWD20 and save $20 on your first month when you sign up!

05/23/2026

Ten years, part one: papers

new collection. drop 1. coming june 8, 2026.
05/21/2026

new collection. drop 1. coming june 8, 2026.

05/08/2026

Before I get too serious about how I made the gown for the Met Gala, here’s part of my latest piece: a critter for

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02/16/2026

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✨37 today!✨ Looking back on birthdays past and feeling incredibly grateful and blessed. Can’t wait to see what this year...
02/02/2026

✨37 today!✨ Looking back on birthdays past and feeling incredibly grateful and blessed. Can’t wait to see what this year has in store.

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