Author: Arch Copy
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Leather in the washing machine
Yes, I have hit dizzying new heights with my laundering hubris. I saw a post on Instagram from a vintage shop. They said they use the washing machine DAILY for silk, wool and…suede. Now, I’ve washed a lot of stuff I shouldn’t have. I’ve unfelted a mohair sweater with my fingers and several hours. But…
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Here we go again: Edwardian button boots
After several failures, I think I’ve found the antique button boots for my life. They’re a pair of black walking boots with a low heel, a brogue-style toe and all their original buttons. Made by Jones (as in Jones Bootmaker) and quite late considering people had mostly moved to laces by this point – a…
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Solving stiff deadstock denim
A great pair of 70s jeans is really a must, and it took me years of longing to find mine. A deadstock pair of 1970s Lee bellbottoms on the Oxfam online shop – £12.99! Label still on! Unbelievable. Yuh, sure. Unbelievable until I tried to get them on my body during a heatwave. Not only…
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Local is your world
On my little island, where the roads fall into the sea, local council matters a hell of a lot. We don’t have alternative routes when landslips block a road. We rely on our local services because that’s all there is. Sadly, I’m having to imagine what an inept Reform council will do to an already…
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Women are not OK
Every woman I know is running a household, holding down a full-time job, working out career paths for her children in the age of technofeudalism, listening to an audiobook of the 18th century journal of a plantation-owner’s wife, planning a family reunion, donating money to amputees in Palestine, taking supplements to protect against osteoporosis, putting…
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