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We want you to stop putting unwanted clothes in the bin and start thinking about how you can:
Saturday 2nd March, 10am - 3pm
Fashion Forever is going big and holding a one-day event at 2 Royal Ave, Belfast City Centre. This will be a day to celebrate the wonderful world of Reuse, Repair and Reimagine of our clothes and textiles.
Join us for a day of inspirational activities, including a communal sew-along, preloved clothing stalls, workshops demonstrating how to reimagine/repair your clothes and a series of short talks and demonstrations.
At this year’s festival we will be joined by a host of partners and contributors making sustainable textiles accessible and relatable to all.
Fashion Forever, our Tackling Textiles Coordinator, Siobhan Purnell will be on hand to welcome you all to 2 Royal Ave and help you get the most out of the day and learn something new. Siobhan will be doing a short “Let’s Talk Fashion” presentation with top tips and advice throughout the day.
Show Some Love Community Sew-Along and Swap Shop, how it will work?
Show Some Love are encouraging you to bring along your good condition items that you no longer wear and you can swap in their Swap Shop.
All accepted swaps are valued at £5, so you can explore Show Some Love preloved rails and if you find something at £5 or below this will be free to you.
Higher priced items will be discounted by £5.
Join the big community sew-along! Even if you have never used a needle and thread before, the team will be on hand to support you to put your skills to work on a huge project that will have lasting impact!
NI Resources Network, talking all things reuse and repair.
Belfast Met will be displaying work from their final year Fashion and Textile degree students. The students work includes upcycled and reimagining of old clothes and textiles into new and useful products.
Ulster Folk Museum, Valerie Wilson, Curator of Textiles and Roisin Aiston, Craft Demonstrator at the museum, will be sharing knowledge about the extensive work the museum does around textiles alongside demonstrations of heritage textile skills and showing examples based on objects in the museum’s collection and traditional textile craft skills.
They will also be giving a short talk on Scrap Bag Makes demonstrating the small makes that can be created form the contents of a bag of fabric scraps, buttons, ribbons and more.
Tools for Solidarity, will running mini workshops on creative garment mending and demonstrating simple techniques.
Fiddlesticks Fabric will share their sewing knowledge and be exhibiting some of the items made during the 'Sewing for pleasure and the planet workshops’ recently held in Ballymena.
Make it Fab will be hosting mini workshops designed to highlight textile waste and be part of creating unique artwork.
St Vincent De Paul, check out the wonderful range of preloved clothes hosted by Dunmurry and Ormeau Road St Vincent De Paul.
Colour and Cloth will be hosting a range of mini workshops and talks covering a range of topics from upcycling, natural dyeing, slow mending and much more.
Angeline Murphy will be talking about her journey into sewing and upcycling tips and advice.
Repair Café Antrim and Newtownabbey will be offering a show/teach simple visible fixing on a one-to-one basis and talks about the wonderful repair café movement across Northern Ireland.
Sally’s Vintage will highlight her wonderful range of vintage clothes. Check out her range (she can take cash or card during the event).
Belfast City Council will be showcasing how to use your old fabrics to make useful products and sharing what the council is doing around textile waste.
Wako Jacko will be showcasing his unique preloved creations, all lovingly designed by him.
ForSight, stop by and check out the fabulous collection of preloved clothing from the team at ForSight Charity Retailer. They can take cash or card on the day.
No need to book - pop in and see us!
Remember: never put your unwanted clothes in the bin. Reuse, Repair, Reimagine - Fashion Forever
Further information
For inspiration go to our Instagram page @fashionforeverni.
For advice and top tips, please check out www.loveyourclothes.org.uk.
*Information from the UK Parliament 2019 report – Fixing Fashion, clothing consumption and sustainability
This project is funded by Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in partnership with Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful