Finally tackle your pile of items that need a little mending TLC!

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Learn about clothing sustainably with hands-on experience and walk away with the knowledge to continue a zero waste wardrobe! Please bring a few items that need light mending!

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* Expert Menders, Drea, Cam, Natalie and Luis will be on-hand in the Upcycle Room guiding you in mending the items you brought from home.

* All basic mending supplies will be provided but bring your own if you can.

* Guests will walk away with a goody bag containing their own needle and thread, a discount card to Artifact, Drea's business card/button and a list of local stores that sell second-hand sewing supplies.

* Drinks will be provided by Kombrewcha, a hard kombucha company.

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About Hidden Opulence Design House

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Hidden Opulence Design House, founded by Drea Johnson, is a pop-up alteration, tailoring, and mending studio that’s focused on apparel sustainability and upcycling located inside Artifact Creative Recycle. The business is divided into two factions, serving both existing apparel brands and the general public. Services such as small batch production and in-house production assistance are offered to designers, and batch alterations for garments in boutiques are available for established apparel brands. The general public can book appointments and visit Hidden Opulence’s pop-up location at Artifact to consult in person and build ideas to re-imagine, repair or alter garments or fabric wares from their own homes. While basic tailoring, mending, and altering can be completed, projects based around refurbishing, repairing and re-configuring are greatly appreciated.

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A huge thank you to Artifact: Creative Recycle, who generously donated their space for this meet up!

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Artifact: Creative Recycle is an eclectic clothing and home design store in SE Portland. We consign, buy, sell, and trade both modern and vintage wares, focusing heavily on beautiful textiles, artisan jewelry, and style that is meant to last. By participating in the second-hand model, we are consciously saying no to fast fashion and helping keep waste out of the landfill. Feeling at one with your style should feel at one with the earth too.

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About the organizer

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As a Portland Master Recycler, a Center for Earth Leadership Agent of Change and the founder of Zero Waste PDX, Chloé Lepeltier is an expert at sharing her tips about sustainable living.

She chronicles her recipes, DIY experiments, and adventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond on her blog, Conscious by Chloé and hosts workshops and conferences locally and internationally.

Her passions span multiple disciplines - from feminist literature to sustainable fashion to homesteading - with curiosity & creativity as the common thread.

She speaks English, French, and Spanish fluently.

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Note

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