Visible Mends
Mendstruation
This stripey cotton legging is not the only pant onto which I have inflicted awkwardly crotch-adjacent damage. But given their graphic pattern and close fitting nature, I thought these should... View full details
D&G Portholes
I wore this marled V-neck to death in the early-1990s, having scored it in the Dolce & Gabbana sample sale, then lost it for 20 years,... View full details
Wrecked Missoni
They are made of that expensive slippery Missoni rayon jersey and I don't know how, but it laddered like a pair of nylons. A great candidate... View full details
You Gotta Have Faith
One of my oldest tees (a Loomstate organic cotton twisted seam number) had gone holey above the hem. So I backed the area with offcuts from... View full details
Darns on Pink
Only the world's softest oversized pink cashmere crewneck: it's by Miu Miu. The knit is pretty loose so it kept getting snagged and then holed. Darning... View full details
Greasytee
As a fake grown up I find my fronts are continually spattered with dinner. The more I like a t shirt, the more likely it... View full details
Eye Eyelet
A classic Burberrys Argyle cardi with signature chrome buttons and I got it for a song because hole. Since I select things because of holes and... View full details
Ooops America
It was the day after the epic Women's March and I was feeling bad about the (not so) United States. This cool 1970s black cotton... View full details
Horsey Kaftan
My vintage kaftan was fraying and in danger of shredding. I underpatched it with a scrap of 1950s Western print cotton, stitched over the horse's... View full details
H&L Collar & Cuffs
I am pleased as punch to announce that Hand & Lock, the 250-year-old embroidery maestri (the company not the sewers, duh) are now turning their Hands to Visible... View full details
Moth-on-Moth
A lovely and costly Maison Martin Margiela Line 1 rust wool dress got chewed, those little bastards. So why not memorialize them in a thread... View full details
Multi Mended Pant
Some of my favorites insist on being really delicate, like these fine floaty silk pants that were fine for years but now keep trying to give up... View full details
H&L Dress Fix
Amazingly, Hand & Lock, the 250-year-old embroidery maestri (the company not the sewers, duh) are now turning their Hands to Visible Mending despite being way too grand! They are,... View full details
Silk PJ Butt
I scored a bunch of lovely haberdashery in Japan and thought I should do something special, so addressed another old fave: this men's PJ pant gone-very-vintage-in-my-closet. It's another... View full details
Mitts by Eva's Gran
These mitts belong to Eva Kittelsen: Norwegian fashion and textile designer, teacher, visible mender, and 2015 Det Store Symesterskapet finalist (that's The Great Norwegian Sewing... View full details
John Bergermend
And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief As Photos by the great John Berger is among the best book titles of all time. So I thought I should... View full details