THE TRUE COST SCREENING
save the date : Friday 5th July
Learn beginner's darning skills and patching techniques to help you mend and up-cycle old and damaged clothes. The workshop will take you through the basics of these 'visible mending' and classic repair techniques, starting by fixing holes in knitwear, and then learning both 'boro'-style patching and invisible patching.
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We'll leave you with the skills and information to keep you fixing at home! All materials and kit will be provided.
Film Synopsis
This is a story about clothing. It’s about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing?