Shirt Upcycling
Sat 28 Sept
|Islington Climate Centre
As clothing has gotten cheaper, we've lost the art of caring for what we wear, mending and personalising. Hosted by Clara Buckens, we'll share our vision of a world where you love everything you wear, and if you don't love it, you change it before replacing it.
Time & Location
28 Sept 2024, 14:00 – 18:00
Islington Climate Centre, First Floor, next to Wagamama, Angel Centre, London N1. Nearest Tube Angel (3 mins)
About the event
Big Fashion's aggressive marketing has built emotional obsolecence into the clothes we wear: while our clothing is worse quality now than it was 30 years ago, we usually throw it away before it's even worn in. We're primed to clear space for ever more frequent shopping trips. Big Fashion fill their pockets and you, their underpaid workers and the envrionment get poorer.
We're on a mission to empower you to change that! Our vision is a world where you love everything you wear, and if you don't love it, you change it before replacing it. For this workshop you'll learn either:
Personalisation: embroidery, patching beading and painting
Alterations: cropping, turning long sleeves short, adding elastic, or any ideas you have (assuming they are simple alterations)
What to expect:
We will provide: