We are a collective of amateur makers and menders committed to promoting repair and reuse of clothing. Currently popping up @uochester, soon around Chester
Joined February 2019
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Celebrate the value of remaking, repurposing, and repairing clothing at @CASCGallery tomorrow and explore ways of breaking through our unsustainable relationships with garments in the 21st century. 11am-3pm. Book 👇 @AttinghamParkNT @patch_pop @BenFulford1
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It isn't too late to book for An Archive of Stitches on Sat 19/11, part of @BeingHumanFest - join Prof Deborah Wynne @UoCEnglish and @Collins_R_C @gidchester to talk about the living histories, geographies and biographies of clothing. Book here: bit.ly/3E8PGzS
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Attention all our participatory-textile-making-as-research friends - please join us for a twitter chat on 30 June!
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INSPIRATION // 🙌
'I wear my grandad’s old boxers': meet the people who haven't bought clothes for a decade
#slowfashion
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Don’t forget to pop over to Bridge House Reception today at Queen's Park Campus with any clothing that is in need of a repair. We have our experts on hand 11-2pm. Staff and students See you all there!✂️👗👚 @patch_pop @uochester
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We love @patch_pop ! They helped us fix a coat pocket as part of @GreenChester's go green week😊!
Next up!! We'll be at Queen's Park Campus, Bridge House reception on Thurs 12th March 11-2pm. Bring your clothes and do some mending with us, or learn some basic sewing skills @uoc_business, @ChesterCWRS
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I’m looking for an academic fashion theorist or fashion historian who’s up for a playful collaborative experience AND available to come to a workshop in Nottingham on 13/14 Feb (travel/accomm paid). More info below. Is this you? Give me a shout if so ...
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INSPIRATION // Shocking human rights abuses in the fashion supply chain in Cambodia ⛔
Garment workers on poverty wages in #Cambodia have little option but to use overcrowded and unsafe transport to get to factories. Sobering news from @KhmerTimes of 50 deaths and 2000 injuries in traffic accidents in 2019. #LivingWagesNow #HumanRights
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I got interviewed by @guardian - I’m no longer thought of as the Christmaa Grinch as more people get on board now to having a more #SustainableChristmas
Back to work @CastlefieldUK today after our @ChesterFoE Sustainable Christmas Fairbat weekend.....
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Can anyone help out @ChesterFoE with this? We’re looking forward to being there
Any businesses in @ShitChester have mugs (lots 50 plus) we can borrow on Saturday 23rd Nov- so we can serve hot drinks at @ChesterFoE #SustainableChesterFair at @CreativeMarys ?
It’s all to support great causes and the event aims to help Chester be more #sustainable - please RT
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"As outrageous as this story is, this isn’t a one-off. Women making our clothes in Bangladesh are routinely and systematically abused and harassed.”
Why we always need to ask #WhoMadeMyClothes theguardian.com/global-devel…
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In a fashion system that operates on disposability, where we’re told that beautiful garments have trend-based expiration dates, keeping our clothes is a revolutionary act. 💪🏽💪🏿💪🏻💪🏾💪🏼
In the words of our… instagram.com/p/B3evnQ8B6UR/…
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Really looking forward to my two new fully-funded @NTUArtandDesign PhD students starting in October. Anyone out there interested in applying for @Midlands4Cities funding to research fashion, textiles, craft, sustainability-type-stuff, please get in touch for an informal chat :)
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Calculating for Swedish clothing consumption, if each garment is used twice as many times before disposal, almost half the impact is mitigated. Prolonging the life of clothing requires brands to make and market more durable garments, and users to buy fewer of them.
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Have you seen we are recruiting for 6 positions?
Interested or know someone who might be? Please share or get in contact with any queries.
Closing date for applications: Wed 24 July, 12 noon
nus.org.uk/jobs
We're recruiting!
Join NUS's sustainability team as we launch NUS's charity, Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK). SOS-UK will work to get more students leading on, and learning about sustainability across all forms of formal education.
nus.org.uk/jobs
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A gr8 day with the @StitchingTgthr @ahrcpress network & critical friends @inspiredAUB - discussing the methods for participatory textile research. See the workshop 1 film here. (It's really good!) vimeo.com/341998032
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Excited to reveal our first dates for Chester Repair Cafe
Wednesday 26th June 10 am - 2pm
Saturday 13th July 10 am - 2pm
The Unit 5 Sealand Trade Park Chester CH1 4NW
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Please pop along to one of our volunteer information events below. The events will involve collecting ideas and planning for our first Repair Cafes that are going to be held in June and July. Free Tea and Coffee!
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I spent the last few days getting to know the materials Apple used in their MacBook keyboard. Because Apple doesn’t design these keyboards to be repaired, our analysis was destructive. A 2019 MacBook Pro died to bring you this information. /thread
