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Visible Mending: The Gift of Repair
Start Date: 12/7/2024Start Time: 2:00 PM
End Date: 12/7/2024End Time: 4:00 PM

Event Description

Visible mending, the art of repair and maintenance, is a radical act — an investment in the clothes you already own. Clothing repair offers an alternative to fast fashion industries and extends the life of a garment for up to a year.

This two-hour workshop is a place to commune, connect and share with others who love the environment and want to make a small change.

In this workshop, participants will learn a beautiful mending technique for blue jeans and take home a demonstration piece that can be reworked onto an existing item or serve as a map for a needed repair. Participants are also welcome to bring blue jeans from home.

In collaboration with the Trash Academy and the textile working group of Circular Philadelphia, the last half hour of the workshop will include a teach-in about blue jeans, their environmental impact and an introduction into fast fashion and the challenges of textile disposal in Philadelphia.

Drop in workshops with Trash Academy.
At 3:30 p.m.: Blue jean implosion teach-in

This event is part of The Ecology of Fashion Workshop Series.

a pair of blue jeans with worn sections indicating wear
Location:
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Audience:
  • Everyone

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