Stitch It, Don’t Ditch It: Resisting Fast Fashion Through Visible Mending

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Going off the headline alone makes me think of when the idea of putting cosmetic patches on things felt cool. Personally I still think it’s cool, maybe others do too, I dunno.

Anyway, repairing things is cool whether it’s electronic or cloth!

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Deny the slave labour exploitation parasites profit.

Purchase high quality items and maintain them

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Visible mending is wicked, it’s kintsugi for a modern age

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As a guy who has always believed in fix it til you can’t, I love this trend.

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I’m a guy with zero style but I’ve been trying to think on styles that would work for me and look solarpunk without being too much. Visible stitching definitely will be an element.

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I bought some gold thread to finish my clothing fixes with, just to borrow some of Japanese ‘repair it better’ vibes. And to show it off & inspire ofc

[swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de]

“as an act of resistance i am going to buy a good thing instead of an item of absolutely fucking DOGSHIT quality”

it’s pretty insane to think about how we ended up in this situation, imagine saying this to a medieval peasant