Press
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
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
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
NHK News Japan
Visible Mending with Kate Sekules on NHK evening News @ New York, Dec 16 2022 (excerpt) ... 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
Selvedge
Evil in the Wardrobe By Kate SekulesSeptember / October 2021 I wrote this very potted miniature version of my masters thesis, about late-19th century stocking darns, for Selvedge... View full details
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
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
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
BGC Craft, Art & Design Oral History Project
Kate Sekules,Mender, Mending Educator and Costume Historian by Mary Adeogun April 15, 2021 "In this interview, Sekules talks about her meditational, daily mending practice, and... 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
Treehugger
Visible Mending Is an Act of Rebellion Against the Fashion Industry by Katherine Martinko August 6, 2020 "...Kate Sekules is a well-known advocate for visible... 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
Franzmagazine
Kate Sekules--Any mend is better than no mend by Suzanne Barta March 2021 "...Kate, how come you became a mending expert? I have mended all... 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
Preloved Podcast Live
Pre-Loved Podcast: LIVE from Dusty Rose Vintage by Emily Stochl December 28, 2022 "I’m joined by Maresa, the owner of Dusty Rose Vintage and Gold... View full details
Sew Organized Style Podcast
Meet Kate Sekules by Maria Theoharous February 2022 "...Since we are all still stuck at home I especially loudly want to invite you to the #MendMarch party... View full details
Grazia Middle East
Sustainability Is In Style: Why Co-Designing Your Closet Could Be The Future Of Fashion by Kate Sekules February 2022 "The hottest item in your... View full details
Creative Bloq
The 5 hottest craft trends of 2019 by Georgia Coggan November 14, 2019 01. Visible mending "...Visible mending makes a feature out of fixing worn... View full details
Domestika Podcast
Curious Minds: Why is Mending Stepping out of the Shadows? By Domestika, April 2021 For some reason they titled this "No Shame in Mending". I... View full details
New York Times (Refashioner)
Swap Till You Drop By Christine Muhlke February 19, 2010 I think this was the first piece of press Refashioner got: short. But perfect. If... View full details
Fashion Projects (Refashioner, 2010)
reFASHIONer: A Curated Clothing Swap by Francesca Granata May 8, 2010 This was my favorite piece about Refashioner, in Francesca Granata's brilliant academic journal "There... View full details
Harper's Bazaar (Refashioner)
Recycling for High Fashion By Harper's Bazaar Staff Jul 14, 2010 Have an old Balenciaga bag that is taking up space in your closet? There's... View full details
Fiber Art Now
Mending: Beyond Repair by Barbara Delaney Fall, 2021 Behind a paywall, sorry :( View full details