LEADER 00000pam 2200289 i 4500 003 DLC 005 20210106131126.1 008 200615s2020 nyua b 000 0 eng 010 2020024522 020 9780143135005|q(trade paperback) 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dGCmBT|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 082 00 646/.3|223 092 646.3|bSEK 100 1 Sekules, Kate,|eauthor. 245 10 Mend! :|ba refashioning manual and manifesto /|cKate Sekules. 264 1 [New York] :|bPenguin Books,|c[2020] 300 xi, 227 pages :|billustrations (chiefly color) ;|c23 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226). 520 "A guide to the art, history, and politics of visible mending--at once a practical instruction guide for techniques, a statement on the beauty of repairing and reimagining clothes, and a manifesto against fast fashion. Part manifesto, part how-to, this book persuasively calls for a new way of thinking and handling clothes, flying in the face of the supposedly life-changing magic of throwing them away. Kate Sekules's message is simple: If your sweater gets a hole in it, don't discard it--mend it! Changing the way we dress is easier and cheaper than we think, and with enthusiasm and wit, Sekules shows you how to fix your garments and make your wardrobe more interesting with visible mending techniques, and help save the planet (and your soul) in the process. The environmental and human impacts of our clothing consumer habits cannot be overstated. When we continually buy and discard clothes, we are contributing to pollution, exploitation, and the waste of natural resources. Instead, we should be buying less and better, swapping, embracing vintage, and of course, mending. Sharp and incredibly timely, Mend! is a push for a slow fashion revolution in which we stop to think critically about what we buy, where it comes from, who makes it, and what it is doing to the environment, and is simultaneously a fun, crafty manual that will inspire readers to roll up their (freshly mended) sleeves and get creative, share their designs, and form radical creative communities to change closets, lives, and the world"--|cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Clothing and dress|xRepairing. 650 0 Clothing and dress|xRemaking.
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