
Sustainable(ish) [090] MEND IT, WEAR IT, LOVE IT – WITH ZOE EDWARDS
Feb 19, 2021
59:32
You'll be relived to hear we have a guest! So you don’t have to listen to me rambling on endlessly. And it’s a cracker of a guest!
I’ve been stalking Zoe on line for years, after first coming across her annual Me Made May challenge online, and I was SO excited to find out that she’s written an actual book! All about mending and loving our clothes, a subject very close to my heart as a reformed mender who never even thought she would be able to sew on a button!
We chat about...
- Making your own clothes
- Why making your own clothes might not necessarily be the most sustainable option
- The problems with fast fashion, including Zoe's own experiences of working within the fast fashion industry
- Zoe's brilliant book - Mend It, Wear It, Love It - available now!!
- The importance of caring for the clothes we already own
- What equipment you need to get started mending (you don't need a sewing machine!)
- How to get started
- Whether there's any kind of stigma around wearing mended clothes
- And lots more...!
Do you mend?
Are you tempted to have a go?
Do let me know in the comments!
"Easily the most family friendly way to do your bit"
The Sunday Times
"Absolutely love this book - should be mandatory reading"
Online review




