Take part in our Wool Care and Repair workshop and learn how to breathe new life into rejected and pre-loved woolen garments. Discover simple, practical ways to care for wool, from keeping insects away and storing garments properly to understanding how woollen pieces are made and prolong their life through acts of care.
You’ll have the chance to try your hand at repair techniques such as darning and needle felting, using discarded garments as your material, without worrying about damaging your favourite pieces.
By making care and maintenance visible and accessible, the workshop invites us to rethink our relationship with clothing and challenge the idea that newness is the ultimate measure of value. Instead, we ask: what if we designed not only for the moment a garment is made, but for everything that happens afterwards?
Timeslots:
11:15-12:45
14:00-15:30
Duration: 1.5 Hours
Capacity: 10 participants
Level: Beginner - Experimental / Professional Maker
Over the past twenty years, global clothing production has more than doubled, while the lifespan of garments has halved. As a result, increasing amounts of clothing go to waste, and pressure on the environment is growing. A significant part of a garment’s environmental impact is determined during its use phase: clothing often remains unused or is discarded even when it is still technically wearable.
How can we keep clothing in use for longer? New Order of Fashion is a partner in the Care & Repair research project, which explores how design can contribute to extending the lifespan of clothing by making care and repair a structural part of the fashion system.
The project brings together users, designers, repair services, brands and researchers in a design-driven innovation process. Through design research, co-creation and experimentation, new strategies are developed for sustainable clothing use. These include practical solutions as well as supporting systems that make clothing care and repair more accessible and appealing, and part of everyday life.
Care & Repair is a collaboration between ArtEZ University of the Arts, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and approximately twenty partners, including New Order Of Fashion. The project is part of the NewTexEco research community, and is funded by CLICKNL.
