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Jean Genius

Brief Description
Give new life to your pre-loved jeans, with these simple techniques and inventive designs. This practical book brings together ingenious repairing techniques and repurposing ideas. Your favourite jeans can be patched, visibly mended, reworked into a new fashionable style, or even cut up to form a... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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"A contemporary, step-by-step guide to repairing, restyling and repurposing the denim in your closet"--

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Give new life to your pre-loved jeans, with these simple techniques and inventive designs.

This practical book brings together ingenious repairing techniques and repurposing ideas. Your favourite jeans can be patched, visibly mended, reworked into a new fashionable style, or even cut up to form a completely new garment or accessory.

Whether you want a tote bag, a bucket hat, or a fresh new cut in your trousers, Janelle Hanna's designs in Jean Genius will show you how to rescue good denim from landfill and give it a better future. And you'll discover that there's nothing more satisfying than turning something old into something new!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837760626

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Skittledog

Illustration: 300 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 560g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Janelle Hanna is an expert in two fields: circularity and denim. Having spent 15 years designing collections for well-known brands, she now runs an ethical business, White Weft, which creates stylish denim accessories with minimal environmental impact. This is her first book. IG: @white_weft

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