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Art News
Making It: Let It Show with Visible Mending by Claire Voon March 8, 2021 "Some 3,350 years ago, an ancient Egyptian used white thread to darn... View full details
Bookpage
Lifestyles: September 2020 by Suzannah Felts September 2020 ★ Mend! I am not a big sewer (OK, I am not a sewer at all), but I... View full details
Boston Globe
Radical menders vs. disposable everything by Veronique Greenwood May 19, 2022 "Kate Sekules remembers the shirt well. It was made of lush Shantung silk, in kingfisher... View full details
Dressed Podcast
Mend!: an interview with Kate Sekules by April Callaghan November 17, 2020 Dressed: The History of Fashion With over 7 billion people in the world,... View full details
Fast Company
The case for never buying new clothes again by Kate Sekules September 14, 2020 "Mending has baggage. Patched clothing speaks of shame and poverty and... View full details
Fiber Art Now
Mending: Beyond Repair by Barbara Delaney Fall, 2021 Behind a paywall, sorry :( View full details
Le Monde
L’art retrouvé du raccommodage by Catherine Rollot March 12, 2023 The article is behind a paywall (click link in title to register); otherwise, read it... View full details
Mendspiration Meetup
”Mendology” meetup with Kate Sekules, Bridget Harvey & Barley Massey by Emma Mathews October 3rd 2023 At Fabrications Hackney A mending discussion moderated by Emma... View full details
New York Times
Now Is When We All Learn to Darn Our Socks Again by Steven Kurutz March 12, 2020 "Only a few generations ago, socks were... View full details
New York Times Wirecutter
Let’s Talk About Socks, Baby by Dan Koeppel May 29, 2020 "...Repairing your own socks can seem daunting, but it’s fairly easy. You can buy... View full details
NHK News Japan
Visible Mending with Kate Sekules on NHK evening News @ New York, Dec 16 2022 (excerpt) ... View full details
NPR 1A
Thrifting, mending, and how to be sustainably fashionable by Jenn White (host) March 23, 2023 Buying new clothes can fix us, make us more stylish,... View full details
Nylon
Mending Is The Next (Radical And Accessible) Movement In Sustainable Fashion by Jasmin Malik Chua March 9, 2021 '...Mending has been around as long as... View full details
Preloved Podcast
KATE SEKULES: writer, mending educator, activist, and historian by Emily Stochl September 28, 2020 Today I’m speaking with Kate Sekules, the author of MEND! A... View full details