share & mend

Share & Mend is a community clothes exchange, where everyone can swap the clothes they wear less often for something fresh for the next season. It’s also a space to repair, hack and personalise to bring new life to old garments.

The project developed through co-design with local resident Coby. With decades of experience in making her own clothes, she was passionate about reducing textile waste and sharing her knowledge on how clothes can be made, cared for and repaired.

For the first Share & Mend session residents were invited to bring items to swap with others, to learn basic repair skills through mini tutorials and to modify or repair items with the available sewing machines. At the end of a cheerful afternoon of browsing, chatting and coffee drinking; 71 items of clothing were re-homed, extending their lifecycle and saving residents money. 

The project continued to develop in other Every One Every Day shops including Everyone’s Warehouse with other residents co-hosting the sharing and mending event.