Next Event:
To be announced!
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Next Event: To be announced! 🪡👆
Alter-mode
Community-based clothing repair and creative reuse.
Alter-mode brings together asylum-seeking and immigrant women from Parc-Extension who have years of sewing, tailoring and textile experience, and pays them for their skills.
At our regular repair and alteration pop-ups, neighbours bring clothes they love that need some care. Our seamstresses patch, hem, mend and upcycle them, helping Montrealers waste less and share more. By extending the life of clothing and centering care, skill-sharing and social connection, Alter-mode supports sustainable fashion while fostering integration, economic participation and stronger community ties in Parc-Extension.
Alter-mode also makes branded clothing for organizations, events and teams.
We rescue garments from bulk thrift stock that was set to come off the racks, then wash, dye and screen print them.
The aunties of our atelier finish each piece by hand, so every order brings a human touch to the clothing and paid work to the women who make it.
Be part of the initiative 🪡
Alter-Mode is open to anyone who wants be part of a more human approach to fashion. Whether you’re looking to repair a favourite piece, refresh something you no longer wear, or simply support the skills of the aunties of Parc-Extension, our monthly events are a place to start.
To get an invitation to our next event, sign up here for an SMS-reminder.
Don’t have anything to repair or tailor? Alter-mode is also Montreal’s hottest clothing swap! Bring something to share, to donate, or just take what you need!
Do you take as much pride in your wardrobe as we do? Want to join the Alter-mode collective? We meet twice a month. It’s the hottest place to be. Write us at altermode@briqueparbrique.com
We accept donations of quality blank t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies at 633 Av. Beaumont, Montréal, QC H3N 1V7
