On mending
A repair is not a lesser thing. It is how a jumper stays in the wardrobe for a decade.
We keep a mending hour on Thursday afternoons in Marylebone. Northloom will re-rib a cuff if we send it back to the mill. Solenne hems are marked and sewn on the table downstairs. We would rather alter a piece you already wear than sell you a second one out of impatience.
Bring the garment clean, with any spare buttons if you still have them. Small repairs — a stitch, a button, a Solenne hem — are done while you wait when the table is clear. Larger work, including knitwear that has to travel, takes two to three weeks. There is a book by the till. A button starts at £8. A re-rib is priced when we have seen the damage, not before.
This is not a programme with a slogan. It is the ordinary work of a shop that expects its clothes to be worn in weather. If we cannot mend it, we will say so. Some cloth has simply finished.
Clifton and the New Town can take pieces in and send them to Marylebone. Add a note when you write, or leave it with whoever is on the rail.
