Talk, workshop, and clothing swap
April 22, 2023, 1 to 4:30p.m.
Earth Day: Eco-Friendly… But Make it Fashion
Free activity | Space is limited, reservation required.
How can you make a concrete gesture for the environment when it comes time to get dressed? As the Montreal Fashion Museum, the Museum, in collaboration with Shwap Club, the Éco-quartier Peter-McGill and Altérations Villeray, invites you to celebrate Earth Day by taking part in a series of activities dedicated to green fashion.
Schedule
- 1 to 2 p.m: The Impact of Fashion on the Environment
Workshop-lecture with the Éco-quartier Peter-McGill - 2 to 3 p.m: A look at Indigenous knowledge in the making of their clothing
Self-guided tour of the exhibition Indigenous Voices of Today: Knowledge, Trauma, Resilience - 3 to 4:30 p.m: Preserve and Restore Worn Clothes
Information and inspiration booth with Altérations Villeray - 3 to 4:30 p.m: Consuming Fashion in an Eco-friendly Way
Clothing swap shop with Shwap Club
Check out the conditions below! Between 1 and 2:30 p.m., bring 1 to 10 fashion items you want to exchange. Shwap Club Montréal will look them over before putting them into circulation.
INFORMATION
Free activity presented on April 22, 2023, from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Space is limited, reservation required.
Location: J. Armand Bombardier Theatre at the Museum
We strongly recommend that you arrive 15 minutes before the start of the event.
The Museum has the discretion to refuse admission to latecomers and to reassign unclaimed seats.
Conditions | Clothing Swap
How to participate in the clothing swap?
Between 1 and 2:30 p.m., bring 1 to 10 fashion items you want to exchange. Shwap Club Montréal will look them over before putting them into circulation.
The items (1 to 10 maximum) you bring must meet the following criteria:
- Women’s or non-gendered fashion*
- In excellent condition and clean
- For spring/summer
- To modern taste
- Items with an original price under $25 will not be accepted
- Jewelry, underwear, socks, pyjamas, children’s/baby items and maternity clothes will not be accepted
How does the clothing swap work with Shwap Club Montréal?
- Each accepted item qualifies for a credit
- A credit entitles you to another item of your choice
- Accepted items cannot be retrieved, while rejected items will be returned to their owner (accepted items will be placed on a hanger for immediate exchange. It will therefore not be possible to retrieve items that have been accepted.)
- Unless you become a member of Shwap Club Montréal, all your credits must be spent at the McCord Stewart Museum.
About the Museum
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
The Museum and its Foundation are fully committed to taking action on growing environmental issues, the challenges of inclusion and social justice, and the need to pursue decolonization. With the adoption of an updated and transformative vision for sustainable development, the Museum and its Foundation are ensuring they have the means to set the benchmark for museums, backed by their rigour, ingenuity and creativity.
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