How to recognise good quality material and best look after your wardrobe?
Author: Jenni Kiuru, Maria Manninen, Johanna Valkola
Finnish original: Arkivé Atelier – Huolla
Publisher: Gummerus, 2020
Genre: Nonfiction, life-style
Number of pages: 237 pp.
Reading material: Finnish original, English sample
Maintain is a lifestyle manual of taking care of your garments written for everyone who wants to regain the skills to prolong the life of clothes, shoes and accessories. Practical advice and beautiful images lead the reader to the wonderful world of different materials, instructing them about the particular qualities of various fabrics and types of leather. The book teaches via care instructions how to maintain your clothes and shoes beautiful and to use them as long as possible.
The book is essential for a variety of readers, such as those who:
– love to recycle and scour flea markets for discoveries;
– dress up in classic, neat business attire;
– appreciate sustainability and environmentally friendly consumption;
– are arbiters of exacting style;
– value and maintain traditions;
– are in the thick of providing clothes for growing children.
Maintain makes taking care of shoes and garments into simple, everyday routine that helps prolonging the life of your favourite attire. The beautifully fresh photographs of the book are taken by Tuomas Pajuniemi.
About the authors:
Jenni Kiuru–Maria Manninen–Johanna Valkola