A place to share practical, durable and quality made products that are made to last, with an emphasis on upcycled and sustainable products!
Guidelines:
Things that are well-made and durable (even if they won't last a lifetime) are A-Okay!
Unlike that other BIFL place, Home-made and DIY items are encouraged here, as long as some form of instruction is included in the body of the post.
Videos links are not allowed as post titles, but you may use them in a text post.
A limited amount of self-promotion is accepted, IF the item you are selling aligns with this criteria:
Going off the headline alone makes me think of when the idea of putting cosmetic patches on things felt cool. Personally I still think it's cool, maybe others do too, I dunno.
Anyway, repairing things is cool whether it's electronic or cloth!
I wear a jacket that is now structurally reliant on the random patches I have sewn on over the years... and it still looks like shit... but it has a pocket that once held a jug of wine while I saw Prodigy in Paris, and no new jacket can replace that
Visible mending is wicked, it's kintsugi for a modern age
I bought some gold thread to finish my clothing fixes with, just to borrow some of Japanese 'repair it better' vibes. And to show it off & inspire 😁 ofc
Deny the slave labour exploitation parasites profit.
Purchase high quality items and maintain them 🐸
"as an act of resistance i am going to buy a good thing instead of an item of absolutely fucking DOGSHIT quality"
it's pretty insane to think about how we ended up in this situation, imagine saying this to a medieval peasant
You don't understand what you are talking about.
I'm a guy with zero style but I've been trying to think on styles that would work for me and look solarpunk without being too much. Visible stitching definitely will be an element.
As a guy who has always believed in fix it til you can't, I love this trend.
