Kate Sekules is a writer, clothes historian, mender and mending educator. A leading light in the visible mending movement, she has shown her work and taught the techniques and history of repair in universities, museums, and symposia, including New York University, Parsons, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Textile Arts Center, RISD Museum, Columbia University Chicago, the Costume Society of America, the Textile Society of America, and the UK Association of Dress Historians. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, The New Yorker, The Guardian, The New York Times, and academic journals. She is a PhD candidate in material culture at the Bard Graduate Center, New York; holds a masters degree in Costume Studies from NYU, and runs the Menders Directory on her website [...]. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.

A FOUNDER OF THE VISIBLE MENDING MOVEMENT: As founder of the websites Refashioner and Visible Mending and recipient of a recent Ph.D. in Costume Studies, Kate Sekules is considered one of the founders of the visible mending movement and is a preeminent voice in its quickly growing community.

INIMITABLE VOICE: Mend! is not your typical earnest craft book. Its tone is lively, unapologetic, sharp, and very smart. The author has an attitude and a strong point of view-the book is lightly snarky, extremely enthusiastic, and a little bit confrontational, all of which will speak directly to the sort of engaged young woman looking for a way to make lifestyle changes to help the Earth while also looking cool.

PRACTICAL & FUN APPLICATION: In addition to a wealth of fascinating historical and analytical information on mending as an art and a movement, the book includes extremely practical how-to guides for a variety of stitching and patching techniques, as well as tips and tricks for cultivating your sweing basket and finding the perfect mending nook in your home.