Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes event series.
Aaaah isn’t it just fantastic how our clothes hold specific memories of our lives and take us back in time? That is what we find most fascinating about Claire Wilcox’s recently published memoir: Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes. In fact, we loved her literary exercise so much that we decided to make it the subject of a new event series for this fall, and you don’t want to miss it!
Our Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes series encompasses a trio of intimate events taking place this Fall: a book club session (and believe us, our last book club session was LIT) in September, a live conversation with the author to comment on the book and ask all of your questions in October and last but not least, a Clothes & Memoirs creative writing workshop facilitated by the fab Joly Licks and inspired by Patch Work in November.
UNMISSABLE. You are going to share and chat about your clothes with lovely like-minded people, have drinks with an amazing fashion curator/author and stimulate your literary and creative veins. That’s Autumn sorted for you.
But hurry up, the package of 3 events is limited to 15 people only!
RSVP here.
Here’s all the info:
Patch Work book club.
Facilitated by Nao and Nessa, co-founders of Wearers Festival. We are gonna have many cups of tea (or glasses of wine, everything goes) and share our thoughts, questions and feelings on the book in an informal and friendly guided session.
Date: Tuesday 21st Sep 2021
Time: 6:00 pm
Where: Zoom.
Capacity: 15 people
Conversation with Claire Wilcox
The author of Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes is in da house! And we are having coffee with her. If you are based in London (or don’t mind commuting for this event) don’t miss the opportunity to attend this intimate conversation with Claire where we’ll get to ask her all our questions about her memoir and know more about her process writing the book. If you are not London-based, you can still sign up and attend the event through Zoom.
Date: Wednesday 13th Oct 2021
Time: 6:30 pm
Where: Secret venue near Oxford Street, Central London. Live streamed through Zoom.
Capacity: 15 people in the venue, unlimited attendants through Zoom.
Clothes and memoirs: Creative Writing Workshop
Inspired by Patch Work? Well, now it’s time to grab the pen and write your own memoirs. Designed for beginners (do not worry if you are not the next Pulitzer prize) this creative writing workshop facilitated by the fabulous Fausta Joly will give you resources and techniques to lose the fear of writing and have fun putting the stories of your garments on paper.
Date: Tuesday 9th Nov 2021
Time: 6:00 pm
Where: Zoom.
Capacity: 15 people
RSVP and cost
The funds from this event will help us keep running Wearers Festival (hey, remember we are a non-profit organisation!). We kept the cost fair and accessible, promise:
-Cost for the trio of events, attending the conversation with Claire in person: £22
-Cost for the trio of events, attending the conversation with Claire digitally: £12 (this option is for you if you are not London-based).
PLEASE NOTE: The events (with the exception of the conversation with Claire) can NOT be attended separately. Attendants must sign up for the package of 3 events.
About Wearers Festival
Wearers Festival is a permanent multidisciplinary art festival that celebrates and explores the diversity of London and the UK through the dress codes of its communities.