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The opposite of “visible mending” isn’t “invisible mending;” it’s tossing inexpensive clothes that have sprung a leak somewhere. There’s lots to learn about the scope of and impact of fast fashion these days, and there are many folks out there sharing stories, data, and analysis about it.  Clothes are expensive, and global fast fashion brands like Shein make fashion-like garments cheaper than anybody. But while fast fashion is cheap, it’s not made nearly as well as new garmen

Visible Mending is fixing your clothes in ways that reveal your work, rather than downplay it. It was cool with the hippies of yesteryear, and it’s become cool with all kinds of folks today. Try a search for it on Instagram, and you’ll find a million beautiful pictures of visible mends. It’s inspiring! “Invisible mending” is really just the mending of yesteryear, when repair artists (like my mom, and my grandma) fixed stuff so that the fix wasn’t easy to find. An Instagram se