At this point, it’s no longer upcycling, it’s clearly misappropriation. For Nicole McLaughlin, a good day starts with finding a way to divert an object from its original function in order to find another, totally unlikely one. With this iconoclastic know-how, she is regularly approached to imagine the unthinkable. Her latest project? To transform a pair of Vans into a garden tool holder. The argument she puts forward is the following: the fabric that covers the famous shoe inevitably reminds her of those used for gardening gloves. So here you are, equipped to go and plant shoes!