Hello, I’m Halina

I'm Halina. I live in Lodz and I haven't bought a new coat in nine years. I find clothes at charity shops, in flea markets and on friends' rails, and I wear them until they need mending.

I started turning collars over to read the labels because I wanted to know how old a jacket was. That turned into a chart of labels, zips, care tags, fibres and sizes, and then into a letter every Tuesday.

I sell the label chart as a guide, a mending guide, a shop checklist and two short video courses. Everything is written for ordinary people with a small budget and a sewing box.