Fashion hack: te wijde broek innemen zonder naaimachine.

Fashion hack: adjusting trousers that are too wide without a sewing machine

Je kunt een te grote broek heel makkelijk kleiner maken zonder tussenkomst van een naaimachine. Sterker nog: je hebt niet eens naald en draad nodig. Onze do-it-yourself expert Melanie laat aan je zien dat een te wijde broek innemen zonder naaimachine een fluitje van een cent is.

Minor clothing repairs

Repairing your own clothes is not only better for the planet, it also makes you a richer person yourself. You save a beloved item of clothing - because why did it break? It must have come óbecause you loved wearing it so much and you literally save yourself money, because that trip to the shop or tailor is no longer necessary. You fix it yourself for another round of wearing pleasure. So put on a nice podcast or playlist (tips for this we also have) en ga aan de slag met kleine reparatieklusjes. Dit keer gaan we aan de slag met een te wijde broek een stukje innemen. Dit kan écht iedereen en je hebt er niet eens naald en draad voor nodig!

Sin! Far too many broken clothes in the wardrobe

A survey by UK textile organisation WRAP has found that 30% of people have garments hanging in their wardrobes that they no longer wear, simply because they need repair. Bummer! In France, the government is going to help people. Here, you get (up to) 25 euros discount on repairs (and pay an extra tax for a fast fashion purchase) in the hope that it will encourage people to repair clothes more often. In the Netherlands, we have to make do with initiatives such as United Repair Center, mended.eu (send in your repairs and get it returned fixed) or the local tailor - which we absolutely welcome, but more is always better.

Source: wrap.org.uk & change.inc & volkskrant.nl

Fashion hack: te wijde broek innemen zonder naaiervaring

Je kunt een te grote broek heel makkelijk kleiner maken zonder tussenkomst van een naaimachine. Sterker nog: je hebt niet eens naald en draad nodig. Wat dan wel? Een veter! Die veter haal je door de achterste (drie) riemlussen van je broek en daarmee trek je de broek voorzichtig strakker en in het gewenste model. Strik erin en klaar ben je. Superhandig voor als er een broek op dit moment ongedragen in je kast ligt of als je binnenkort een te gekke tweedehands parel tegen het lijf loopt die net iets te wijd is. Thanks us later!

Get started with a no buy clothing style

Repairing clothes is great, but what do we do with all those other garments lying unused in the back of the closet? We get you started with the No Buy Fashion Guide. Over a hundred pages of cool ideas on how to look nice without even buying anything. Nothing. Nope. Nada. Not even second-hand! For 9.50 euros you will have it delivered straight to your inbox and thus on your tablet or mobile phone!

Will you also join this fun community? Read this guide too and discover lots of original ideas. Because so many cool clothes are already out there! Order the No Buy Fashion Guide from our webshop!

No Buy Fashion Guide.

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Founder of thegreenlist.nl. Her goal: to get as many people as possible excited about a more sustainable life. Sas also wrote the sustainable lifestyle book NIKS NIEUWS.
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Saskia Sampimon-Versneij

Founder of thegreenlist.nl. Her goal: to get as many people as possible excited about a more sustainable life. Sas also wrote the sustainable lifestyle book NIKS NIEUWS.

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