In Mildew Issue 1, the team tour flea markets in Japan, Mexico, and Nigeria; a special tag shows them the people behind our clothes; they get swept off our feet in a Xalapa period romance; Goldies Vintage proves that people weren't actually "smaller back then"; they unravel the mystery behind a cult pair of Western jeans and eavesdrop on a meeting of the National Button Society; Pia Camil airs out her dirty laundry; Eva Joan Repair embroiders flames on our asses; and two writers reveal why moms are the ultimate style inspiration.

Plus:

• the astrology of the Juicy Couture tracksuit
• Diners, Drive-Ins, & Drag 
• shopping the MiLdEwLiA*s catalog
• Adam Minter on the state of the global garage sale
• Susie Lee intarsia fantasies
• closet clean-out attachment styles

... and more!

100 pages, perfect bound. Printed in Canada on Forest Stewardship Council®-certified paper. Ships in a recyclable cardboard mailer.

In Mildew Issue 2: the afterlives of granny blankets; one man's quest to resurrect every Gap in-store playlist from the 90s; how a beloved Japanese soap opera shaped the Iranian secondhand trade; an elegy for the estate sale; a vintage fashion lover changes ableist attitudes one pair of thrifted high heels at a time; reminiscence therapy for folks with dementia; Kate Sekules on the virtues of mending throughout history; a Cairo flea market tour; hybrid garments from Lithuania; Delila Hailechristos' catch-and-release philosophy; Yana Yatsuk's antiques road trip; how Tiempo De Zafra reimagines textile waste in the Dominican Republic; a conversation on consumption with Aja Barber; and weaving together immigrants in exile with Cassandra Mayela.

Plus:

• the astrological signs as thrift store paperbacks
• the mystery of an old shoe stuffed up the chimney
• a radical 70s fashion rag lives on
• trompe-l’oeil falls flat on purpose
• preservation as veneration in Jewish material culture
• shopping map of Koenji, Tokyo

... and more!

112 pages, perfect bound. Printed in Canada on Forest Stewardship Council®-certified paper. Ships in a recyclable cardboard mailer.

About the brand

Mildew is an annual print magazine about secondhand fashion and creative reuse, featuring art and writing that inspires us to think about old clothes in new ways. A guide to dressing in the spirit of our times, Mildew revels in the decay of fashion as we knew it.