Isabelline, sometimes called Isabella, is a colour, variously described as pale grey-yellow, pale fawn, pale cream-brown or parchment. In horse colours, Isabelline or Isabella Palomino are terms applied to very pale palomino horses whose coat colour is cream, pale yellow or almost white.
According to popular legend, the name comes from Isabella, Archduchess of Austria (1566–1633), daughter of Philip II of Spain (1527–1598). Her husband laid siege to Ostend in July 1601 and Isabella, expecting a quick victory, vowed not to change her underwear until the city was taken. The siege lasted a little over three years (ending in September 1604) and her underwear understandably became discoloured in the interval.
A more plausible, though probably still false, version refers to the much earlier Isabella I of Castile, the Catholic (1451–1504) and the eight-month siege of Granada by Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452–1516). This siege ended in January 1492 and again resulted in overworn underwear belonging to Isabella.

In this movie, titled Up, we can notice how an old man, not wanting to leave his old house and his old memories, forced by the arrival of the new industrialized world characterized by tall and new buildings, decide to leave the place but not his house, putting many ballons on the top of his house to escape from the new world that is invading him but no matter what, remain at home.

Here's an example of jeans trated with sandblasting, one of several techniques that apparel manufacturers use to create worn denim look.

Vintage clothing is a generic term for new or second hand garments originating from a previous era. The phrase is also used in connection with a retail outlet, e.g. "vintage clothing store." It can also be used as an adjective: "This dress is vintage."
The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.

A small comic illustration related to "new look" concept.

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The Little Mermaid. The "arricciaspiccia" is a used objects turned to a new use.

All materials when are new present specific features but when people use them, the features change. Some materials lose their features after few time, like plastics, tissues and paper; others instead last for many and many years, such as steel, marble and stone.

From years in the west world there is an economic crisis: entrepreneurs tryed to expand their exportation above Europe and USA where markets were "used", it means full and too much exploited.
They moved to est country, as India and China, and to South American country, as Brazil.
On the other side, in these country new companies are growing and they are exporting their products all over the world.

Some hills generate not in a natural way, but with human help: lots of waste (containing also used object that people throw away), covered with soil, become an hill on which grass and trees can grow .

The mountains in general suffer the phenomenon of erosion. So new plains generate from the powders that settle on the gorund.  But also the mountains themselves change their aspect. An example is the mountain range of Dolomiti in Trentino, Italy: their history began about 270 millions years ago and now people can see directly this phenomenon.

Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

The saying, "Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue” is a popular rhyme that has been used since Victorian times. The "something old" represents the bond to the bride's family and her old life; "something new" represents the couple's new life together and their future hope for happiness, prosperity and success; "something borrowed" from a happily married woman is meant to impart similar happiness to the bride; and "something blue" represents fidelity and constancy.

Altrosguardo is a design studio in which young designers pay attention on reuse, since 2008. They give other funcions and new life to used object, that marked an age in lifestyle history.

Michelle Brand is a designer who thought an aesthetic and decorative fabric from which most people in the western world would perceive to be waste/rubbish. The fabric is composed of plastic drinks bottle bases, which have been cut, sanded and then tagged together, to create for example lampshade, curtains and booths.
She said: "I love seeing design opportunities where most people only see problems".

Pistoletto is an Italian artist that uses used object or material to create original artwork.