RE-COMMERCE ATACAMA
Brand
VTEX & DESIERTO VESTIDO & FASHION REVOLUTION
Entrant Agency
ARTPLAN
Category
Industry Craft
Award
Bronze
Festival & Year
Cannes Lions (2026)
Case Study Details
Vtex & Desierto Vestido & Fashion Revolution - Re-commerce Atacama (Case Study) | Campaign
Re-commerce Atacama turned fashion waste into a global PR and commerce statement. Each year, thousands of tons of unsold clothing are dumped in Chile’s Atacama Desert. To expose this Hidden crisis, VTEX partnered with Desierto Vestido and Fashion Revolution to create the world’s first e-commerce platform selling clothes rescued from the desert for zero dollars. Consumers paid Only the shipping fee, which funded rescue, sanitizing and delivery. What appeared to be a fashion sale was actually a PR stunt that transformed shopping into activism. With no paid media, the project spread organically through influencers and global press. In just seven days, over 5,000 items sold out, generating millions of visits, coverage in more than 30 countries and hundreds of millions of earned impressions. More than awareness, Re-commerce Atacama helped increase pressure around textile waste, contributing to new regulations announced by the Chilean government.
Credits:
- Client: Vtex
- Non-Profit: Desierto Vestido; Fashion Revolution
- Advertising Agency: ARTPLAN
- Holding Company: Dreamers Group
- Production Company: Sugarcane Filmes
- PR: Approach Comunicação
Presentation Board
“(IT BREATHES NEW LIFE# = “FREE CLOTHES TO TAKE”
“IT CHANGES THE FASHION” =“ AN ACT OF ACTIVISM™
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RESULTS
Re-commerce Atacama stock sold out
quickly, and the stunt put the fast fashion
crisis in the global spotlight.
tries
covered
the.stunt —
Due to the fashion industry's
overproduction, tons of clothing are
discarded in the Atacama Desert, every
year, creating the largest fashion landfill
in the world. Hard to believe, but most
of the clothes are in perfect condition.
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