Jessica Jay and the Reparation Studio

Extending the life of garments has a huge environmental impact, saving resources and reducing garment and textile waste but it can also express care and a deep relationship to our clothes. Jessica Jay, an exponent of visible mending and creative garment repair from the Reparation Studio, teaches the basics of hand-stitching and demonstrate some skills and techniques that can be used to patch repair garments. She also leads a team of students from Whitecliffe making simple repairs such as restitching hems and seams, sewing on buttons and fixing zips and holes.
In a fashion industry consumed by newness, Jess invites you to celebrate your relationship with a well-worn piece of clothing and extend its life.
Fashioning Assembly Hui Auaha o Aotearoa is our contribution to the Global Fashioning Assembly 2022, a gathering of global fashion makers that reaches across disciplines and geographical boundaries to recognise how diverse fashion is in the world.
In Aotearoa today, many people are engaged with the kaupapa (principles) and mahi (work) of decolonising the fashion landscape and expanding our understanding of the diverse ways we fashion our identity through how we dress and adorn ourselves. A number of these creatives join us in this our first assembly, to share their mahi.
Thank you for listening and participating.
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The Fashioning Assembly Aotearoa hui was supported by the Auckland City Centre targeted rate.
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Global Fashioning Assembly 2022 was supported by the Creative Industries fund NL.