Kit Marie picks up a community coffee with Elly Platt, and chats about the textile history in south London, sustainable fashion, the geography of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth, amongst other things!

Elly Platt is a costume maker and textile artist, who creates works of wearable art and other embroidered installations using lost or discarded textiles. Her work focuses on the way we interact with our environment, and our relationships with our clothes. She is passionate about sustainable fashion and vintage clothing, but embarrassed about the size of her mending pile. She soothes her eco anxiety with local walks, meditating on what the natural world is revealing to her.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

-   River Wandle textile history (https://news.merton.gov.uk/2013/06/04/the-river-wandle-flowing-through-merton-and-its-history/)

-   Clothing poverty in the UK (https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/clothing-poverty-awareness-the-uks-clothing-poverty-problem/)

-   Fast vs sustainable fashion (https://apparelmagic.com/fast-fashion-vs-sustainable-fashion/)

-   28 types of fabrics and their uses (https://www.masterclass.com/articles/28-types-of-fabrics-and-their-uses)

-   Atlas of Middle-Earth (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/92003)

-   Ithilien (https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ithilien) 

Expand your geography network and connect with Elly via Twitter (https://twitter.com/Takeitupwearit), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/takeitupwearitout/) and her blog (http://takeitupwearitout.blogspot.com/)

==About Coffee & Geography==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/)

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