Written by The Lost Art of Repair. I repaired a zipper on a $3 garage sale purse.
The purse isn’t fancy. It was an unused, but secondhand find from a garage sale. It has the Goldilocks amount of space for my daily essentials. Then the zipper broke.
Years ago, I would have just replaced it without a second thought. But now? I see things differently. See Fast Fashion Waste.
.It wasn’t about saving a few bucks: It’s about waste. That quick repair wasn’t just about the purse. It was about mindset. And walking the talk.
When Was the Last Time You Repaired Something?
The Lost Art of Repair. When Was the Last Time You Repaired Something? A missing button, a frayed hem, a broken strap. How often do we write things off as finishedwhen they could be revived with just a little effort?
Repairing isn’t just about saving money or reducing waste. It’s about reclaiming a lost skill, taking ownership of our belongings, and, in a way, resisting the throwaway culture that tells us everything is disposable.
Historically Speaking
Historically speaking, we repaired. We took shoes to the shoemaker. (I take shoes to a gentleman with an almost creepy love of shoes.) But that’s a story for a different time.
“See Sustainable Fashion- Buying Better-made” and “The Right to Repair”