The Patagonia Worn Wear Tour was a massive success. Sewing super hero Martina mended record numbers of clothes and made them “Better Than New”.
Big thanks to everyone who came down and gave their threads a chance of a new lease of life, and to the Patagonia Team, with special mention to Martina.
Patagonia’s Worn Wear Tour will be stopping at The Brokedown Palace 11am-7pm on 26/27 April at our Boxpark , Shoreditch store and 28 April at the Spitalfields E1 Bishop’s Square event space.
They will repair any broken garments for free in their Worn Wear Van. Not just Patagonia clothing, but anything that needs repairing! They can only do 20 repairs in a day, so make sure you get there early.
Here’s what Patagonia say, “As individual consumers, the single best thing we can do for the planet is to keep our stuff in use longer. This simple act of extending the life of our garments through proper care and repair reduces the need to buy more over time—thereby avoiding the CO2 emissions, waste output and water usage required to build it.
We are taking this radical story to our communities across Europe on a 4,700km, 50 stop, 6 country tour. Our two CNG fuelled vans will be trucking across Europe offering free repairs on busted zippers, rips, tears, buttons and more (we fix all brands). We’ll also be showing people how to make simple repairs on clothes that have a second life left in them.
Find your nearest stop on Patagonia.com and on Patagonia’s Facebook Page.
If it’s broke, fix it!”
While on the road in the Northern Scotland, Patagonia climbing ambassador, Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll reflects on the garments that have accompanied him on expeditions all around the world.
“A piece that is full of patches and repairs has a spirit. It has a story attached to it!” says Sean. The stories we wear are worth hanging onto, repairing and using as long as possible. That’s the heart of Worn Wear and the story of Sean.
Share Your Stories!
Keep up to date with the tour and share your Worn Wear stories. You can submit your favourite stories on your most loved gear over on the Worn Wear Tumblr page . Keep up to date with what’s happening out on the road by following Worn Wear on Instagram @WornWear and using the hastag #wornwear . You can also see the next stops on the tour and share info and invite friends and colleagues to your nearest Worn Wear event by checking out the events section over at the Patagonia Facebook page.
Keep up to date with Worn Wear at the Palace over on our Instagram @thebrokedownpal.
North West is best! Our two favourite Oregonian brands have collaborated to create the Poler x Pendleton collection, featuring Pendleton’s traditional Journey West pattern in unique Poler Stuff colours. It includes classics such as Poler’s original Rolltop, The Rucksack, Napsack and Two Man Tent, as well as a Pendleton Blanket and oversized Beach Towel. Shop the collection in our Boxpark store or online now!
Photo credit: Benji Wagner
The Khama Sewing and Knitting Centre where our chitenge shopping bags are made, was featured in the Guardian today: “Ethical fashion in Malawi – in pictures“.
“Khama Design is an ethical fashion company working with local women in Kasungu, a town in Malawi. Pictured here in traditional Malawian Chitenge skirts, these women attend Khama’s training workshops in tailoring and fashion production.” Photographs by Mark Cocksedge.
The Brokedown Palace partnered with Fjällräven to do their stand at the Scandinavia Show 2013.
The Scandinavia Show is the only UK show dedicated exclusively to showcase the best of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The show incorporates Scandinavian design, travel, lifestyle, fashion, culture and food.
This year’s venue was the stunning and historic Tobacco Dock, right on the River Thames; built in the early 19th Century as a secure bonded warehouse for the receipt and storage of tobacco from the New World.
We had a great time and met lots of lovely customers. Thank you Fjällräven for inviting us!
Ian and Dee Dee from The Brokedown Palace
Tobacco Dock entrance
Adam from The Brokedown Palace with the colourful wall of Kånkens.
Andi from Fjällräven at his Wax Station, demonstrating how to re-wax a Greenland Jacket with Fjällräven’s unique Greenland Wax.
This customer came in with his 23 year old Kånken – looks good as new! His wife had just washed it so it’s a little crumpled. She said she always just throws it in the washing machine. They were buying more Kånkens for their young relatives.
Also in our stand were Grower’s Cup Coffee from Denmark. Here Adam from The Brokedown Palace and Andy from Fjällräven are sampling a cup.
Dee Dee from The Brokedown Palace cuddling Moomintroll.
The Danes are invading Swedish Fjällräven!
Joe from Fjällräven looking super snazzy in a UN Blue Fjällräven Numbers Jacket No.68 and matching trousers.
Organic cotton is usually rain-fed, not irrigated, so it uses a lot less water. It’s grown without the use of toxic pesticides and insecticides. Farmers use composted manures and cover-crops to replace synthetic fertilisers. Innovative weeding strategies are used instead of herbicides. Beneficial insects and trap-crops are used to control pests. Some farmers use natural pesticides such as chilli – just like in our wildflower Seedballs!
Agrocel cotton farmers – where the organic cotton for our People Tree dresses comes from
Some of the organic cotton products we sell:
We’ve just started stocking the fantastic Lost in London book, so we were excited to see they were doing a ‘bringing the outdoors in’ pop-up event at Hackney City Farm as part of Chelsea Fringe. We went along to have a look and found some wonderful stallholders and most importantly delicious cakes!
Lost in London’s own stall with all their publications
The Borough Belles WI with their amazing stall of homemade cakes. I had a luscious rhubarb crumble cup cake.
Marshmallow Bunny made by The Borough Belles WI – apparently it’s traditional in Australia!
We loved Sarah May Rogers hand made ceramics – her bone china leaves are exquisite and made using real leaves.
The lovely folks from Peachy Gardening – an East London based business that offers friendly reliable gardening services. They were selling some gorgeous ready-planted pots at the event.
These greetings cards from Urban Ladybird are genius – they have seeds in the card and can be planted straight into the ground.
Ian marking his favourite green space on the map – he chose Wick Woodland which is opposite The Brokedown Palace.
No trip to Hackney City Farm is complete without visiting Larry the Donkey, the only donkey we know of to have his own Twitter account. Follow him @hackneycityfarm
