CONTRIBUTORS

Vania Soucy Sewist Vania is a Brazilian artist based in NYC. For her birthday she chooses to go thrifting, and she can’t resist a vintage textile! As a baby, Vania would sleep on her master seamstress mother’s sewing machine as she worked, so it’s not surprising she runs her own refashioned clothing business, Wardrobe School. Head to page 48 to find Vania’s tea towel top. www.wardrobeschool.com Iku Nishikawa Kintsugi specialist Born and raised in Kochi, Japan, Iku studied graphic design and then worked in fashion marketing. It was while helping at a series of kintsugi workshops and lectures that she became attracted to this beautiful form of repair. Iku now runs Kintsugi Oxford, offering repairs and workshops in traditional kintsugi. Iku shares her kintsugi knowledge on page 84. www.kintsugioxford.com Linda Mafuba Sewist Creative designer Linda often wears her hair in bright colours…