Whether you’d like one of my designs that you’ve seen online, something from your imagination, or an exact copy of an image, I can adapt your painting to work on any garment.

Use the custom form below to build a quote, or email sarah@wearehairypeople.co.uk with a description of what you’d like painted, along with some pictures.

If you need some help with your initial design, you can scroll down this page to find the inspiration gallery. Alternatively, I can make suggestions or create a surprise for you based on a loose theme.

Once you have your quote, you will be brought back to this page to buy the correct quantity of painting slots.
For example, if your quote is £40, you’ll be instructed to purchase 2 custom slots, as they’re divided into £20 chunks.

Once you’ve purchased your custom painting, you’ll receive an order confirmation email, which includes the postal address to send your item to. You’re asked to cover the cost of posting the item to us.

We champion upcycling, so would love to paint something you already own, or something pre-loved, but we understand you may need something new so you can send us something directly from a store.

We are also able to source a number of organic cotton basics such as T-shirts and sweaters, which can be added to your quote.

Painting works best on smooth fabrics. Cotton, jersey, denim and cord work well. Wool, fleece and leather won’t work.

• What is the idea for the painting?

• Are you looking for a realistic or illustrative style?

• Is it a small painting, multiple paintings or an all-over the garment idea?

• What is the garment you’re looking to have painted?

• Feel free to add links to images or email me Sarah@wearehairypeople.co.uk

Hand painted Lucy and yak confetti dungarees

Custom painted Lucy and yak koi dungarees

Custom painted mushroom dungarees Lucy and yak

Custom painted mushrooms Lucy and yak dungarees

Hand painted hedgehog Lucy and yak dungarees

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Custom upcycle (UK only)

Name: Custom upcycle (UK only)
Brand: We Are Hairy People
Price: 20.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

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This is a bespoke custom service, to create you a one-of-a-kind personalised piece, using something you already own.

There is a limited number of painting slots per week so these may get sold out, in which case you’d need to come back the following Friday, when new slots get released.

Custom paintings take 1-2 weeks to be painted before we send them out to you.

UK shipping is flat rate £3.50 for Royal Mail Tracked 24, estimated to take 1-3 days.

Free UK shipping for orders over £100.

The painted items have been heat set, so the design is secure. Both painted and eco-printed designs from We Are Hairy People can be washed at 30° by turning the garment inside-out and using a gentle wash. Iron on reverse, do not tumble dry.

For custom painted upcycling, you need to send us your garment to be painted.

Garments sent in need to be washed and clean, for hygiene reasons within the art studio.

Smooth fabrics work best, such as T-shirts, sweaters, denim and dress fabric. Cord will work but the texture may have an affect on the painting.
No fleece, no wool, no leather. Feel free to message if you need help with this.

The delivery address will be sent to you in your order confirmation email.

Please note this is a custom painted item, so it cannot be returned nor exchanged, as it is made specifically for the person who bought it- except for the unlikely event of the item arriving with a fault.

We’ve not ruined any one’s clothes before. If there is a small mistake this can usually be rectified. There are no refunds if you’re unhappy with the artwork unless there is a fault on our behalf- please look through plenty of our previous work to make sure you like the wearehairypeople painting style, and that you trust us.

Read more about terms in our returns policy.

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Why upcycling?

Do you have a loved garment with a food splash or stain?

A plain garment that you don’t reach for enough?

Do you care about supporting charity shops but sometimes want something a bit more special?

Need an item from a store and want to make it super special?

Or really want a custom painting from WeAreHairyPeople and need something to have it painted on cause you agree with our heart to upcycle more, and you forgot you had that thing in your drawer anyway?

There are currently enough garments on earth to clothe 6 generations. We don’t really need to make anything new- so we want to help people find new solutions to this- saving clothes, resources and money, while making the coolest piece of wearable art you’ve ever seen.

“Win win win, we all win!”- Michael Scott, Dunder Mifflin.

Custom painted upcycles are only available in the UK, as you need to send us a garment to be upcycled with a painting. This of course makes the process quite long and pricey for those outside of the UK.

Our printed collection is available worldwide.

Our pet portrait T-shirts are currently UK only, due to shipping logistics, but this may change in the future.

Fabric paint is made by mixing acrylic with fabric medium.
Specific painting and setting techniques that have been developed and perfected over the last 12 years, is what makes hairy designs effective and long lasting.

We are soon releasing a selection of stencils and tutorials to help people get in to painting at home, please sign up to our newsletter so that you can hear more about this soon.

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