The RE: Fashion Wardrobe: Sew Your Own Stylish, Sustainable Clothes -- Portia Lawrie, Paperback

Reuse and sew a sustainable capsule wardrobe that is tailored to you - and with it, break the cycle of throw-away fashion, with Portia Lawrie, leader of the Refashioners - fashion reuse pioneers.

Publishers Weekly Top 10 Lifestyle books 2023.

Every year, tons of clothing are sent to landfill, much of it owing to fast fashion and our desire to throw away clothes that aren't considered 'fashionable'. In this book, learn how to alter or completely deconstruct once-loved clothes to create edited or entirely new garments and accessories that are not only chic but saving the planet.

• Beginning with advice on how to source and analyze existing clothes

• Founder of The Refashioners movement and sewing designer Portia Lawrie will then take you step by step through a collection of inspirational garments that she has reworked to show you just how easy it is to refresh and renew any piece of clothing you come across.

• In every project, accompanied by stage-by-stage photographs and invaluable tips, see how you can adapt and cut away at tops, trousers, dresses and more to build a stylish, modern capsule wardrobe that you can wear throughout the year.

Author: Portia Lawrie
Publisher: Search Press
Published: 04/25/2023
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.50w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781782218753

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2023 pg. 10
Library Journal 04/01/2023 pg. 54

About the Author
I don't want my clothes to scream refashion. I just want them to scream 'nice clothes'! - Portia Lawrie, interview in Seamwork Magazine

Essex maker, blogger and creator of The Refashioners, Portia sews, knits and has been a regular contributor to Simply Sewing magazine since it launched in 20015. She's been writing her blog Makery (formerly Miss P) since 2009 and founded The Refashioners challenge, calling on bloggers to refashion a garment to highlight how cool, creative and ecologically sound refashioning old garments actually is. Portia's sewing super power is creating easy-to-sew, accessible-for-all garments for Simply Sewing magazine, often with no pattern needed so the maker can draft them to their own measurements. She lists family, hazelnut lattes, Indian food and singing into hairbrushes as her loves. Find her on Instagram @portialawrie.