Velkommen til Bergens største klesbyttearrangement! Stikk innom og få deg et nytt sommerantrekk ved siste byttet før sommeren. Vi legger ut lyse og luftige klær som du kan nyte solen i. Kaféen serverer kafe og hjemmelaget kake og husk å stikke innom reparasjonskaféen, der vi hjelper deg å fikse klærne dine.
Når: 16. juni, 12.00 - 17.00
Hvor: Bergen Kjøtt (Skutevikstorget 1)
Billetter (50-100kr): clothingswapbergen.ticketco.events
Hvordan funker det?
Dykk ned i skapet og samler maks. 7 klesplagg, sko, vesker eller smykker. Ved byttet får du poeng for hver vare, avhengig av type og kvalitet. Ta deg deretter tid til å se gjennom de velfylte stativene våre for å finne noe fint og betal for det med poengene du mottok. Klærne du leverte vil bli gjort tilgjengelig for nyankomne byttere, og du drar hjemme med det nye antrekket ditt! Ettersom vi har eget lager, vil det være klær tilgjengelig helt fra starten. Obs: Du kan bruke poeng du mottok ved tidligere arrangement.
Reparasjonskafé
Reparer dine egne klærne i reparasjonskafeen. Våre erfarne frivillige hjelper dere med å gjøre små reparasjoner, som å feste en knapp, tette et hull eller bytte ut en glidelås. Verkstedet er inkludert i billettpris. Hvor mange reparasjoner du kan gjøre avhenger av hvor travelt det vil være.
Hvem er Clothing Swap Bergen?
Clothing Swap Bergen er mulig pga et team av frivillige med et hjerte for bærekraftig mote. Følg oss på Instagram: @clothing_swap_bergen
BERGEN KJØTT:
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Bergen Kjøtt er en gammel fabrikk og vi jobber med å legge til rette for bedre tilkomstveier. Vi har tilkomst fra gatenivå, tar imot servicehunder og har toalettfasiliteter tilgjengelig for alle kjønn og tilrettelagt for rullestolbrukere. Ledsagere har gratis adgang, men må registrere seg i forkant av arrangementet. Mer infomasjon: https://www.bergenkjott.org/kontakt
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Bergen Kjøtt støtter aktivt opp om et antirasistisk, inkluderende miljø for alle kjønn, bakgrunner og funksjonsevner, som ikke tolererer noen form for trakassering eller diskriminering.
Backstory
Inspired by big clothing swaps in the Netherlands, we organized our first event in October 2021. There was an enthusiastic response from the very beginning, which made us decide to continue this important work. We started a non-profit and later got support from Bergen Kommune and Vestland Fylke to further develop the organization. Ever since, we’ve started hosting repair cafes, developed several upcycling workshops, visited youth-clubs with our ‘slow fashion nights’, started a sewing club and have collaborated with numerous organisations in and outside Bergen.
Accessibility
Clothing Swap Bergen believes that sustainable clothing is something that we should all have access to, financially as well as physically. Currently, this is not always the case. New yet sustainably produced clothing by brands labeled as ‘fair’ or ‘ethical’ often come at a higher price, excluding people with low liquidity. National regulations and taxes make it far too challenging to sell second-hand and vintage clothing, which makes this market expensive as well. In an effort to counter these developments of financial exclusion in sustainable fashion, Clothing Swap Bergen aims to keep its prices low. Standard tickets to our events are 100NOK, whereas students and low-income persons only pay 50NOK. If the former price is still too high for someone, they are granted free admission.
To ensure the physical accessibility of our swaps, there is at least one person on the team who is responsible for providing special assistance to those who need it. We are extra aware of physical accessibility with the selection of locations. It is important to CSB to be as accessible as possible and we will actively work to maintain this.
Lastly, in an effort to be inclusive to international and migrant communities of Bergen, we have been careful to provide all necessary information in both English and Norwegian and at the event itself people could speak to our team in either one of these languages depending on their own preference and ability.
Circularity
One of the most pressing issues in the fashion industry is its waste problem. Nearly 60% of all clothing ends up in incinerators or landfills within a year of production (Fixing Fashion 2019, EPRS 2019). A big part of this is due to the industry destroying clothing, but our culture in which we see clothes as disposable goods, also plays a big role. We take this problem very seriously and are in the position to actively work towards a solution. The swap in itself plays a big role in doing so. Donated clothes often end up in landfills and instead of discarding clothing in that manner, swappers keep their clothes in their own community for others to enjoy. However, each swap has a surplus of clothing and not everything that’s handed in meets the quality we want to guarantee. We have partnered up with several organisations to make informed/targeted local donations. Examples are: KMD students and other artists that work with textile; Hjelperne; and Ukrainian refugees in Bergen. This way, we make sure the clothes stay in Bergen. Remaining low quality clothes are used for upcycle activities.