An Archive of Stitches - The Living Histories, Geographies, and Biographies

This free event explores ways of breaking through our unsustainable relationships with garments in the 21st century. It will consider the value of garment making and mending skills and participants will be encouraged to join discussions about the lives, histories and geographies of their clothes. The event will involve a hands-on garment repair workshop led by Dr Rebecca Collins of the University of Chester and Pop-Up Patch Challenge Team, where participants can learn how to do simple garment repairs. Holly Kirby, an assistant curator, will talk about caring for a major historic costume collection at the National Trust's Attingham Park.

Run by the University with the Trust, this event is part of the Being Human festival, the UK's national festival of the humanities. Taking place from 10–19 November 2022, the festival is led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org