This text has been sent by our partner Andreaa Ciorti to show how Mândra Chic saves and transforms clothes to make them last.
This is what we can read on their Facebook post: “Today, a little glimpse into the atmosphere at the Textile Hospital, where we have opened a new ward — one where we treat the wanderlust of textiles that “have nothing wrong with them.” 🙂
This little dress belonged to Flavia. She wore it only once, and then outgrew it. When we made her a new one, this dress came back to us, and its value was deducted from the price of the new dress. A kind of textile buy-back. 🙂
With some of our pieces, such as T-shirts and sometimes hoodies, we can recover the handmade appliqués and transfer them onto a new garment, while the base pieces are woven on the looms at the Museum of Cloth and Stories.
With a dress, things are not quite so simple. Its construction does not allow us to remove and transfer the elements without damaging either the garment itself or the handmade details. And in this case, there would have been no reason to do so anyway — the dress is as good as new.
So we chose another way to extend its life. We save and transform clothes to make them last.
A small exchange that we are very fond of. Flavia continues her story with a new Mândra Chic dress, while the one she has outgrown does not end up forgotten in a wardrobe. It is far too lovely for that. It would be a shame if it could not carry its message and its story alongside another child.
We have added it to our little online shop at a reduced price, and we would love for it to find someone with whom this journey can continue.
For us, this is also what the Textile Hospital is about: repairing when something needs fixing, transforming when it can no longer be used as before, recovering whatever can be recovered, but also putting back into circulation the things that can still be worn exactly as they are.
We currently have three such dresses in our permanent sale section.