MoMu in Residence: NИold Repair Workshop

MoMu offers artistic opportunities to new, young talent with a place for development, research, experimentation and presentation of artistic projects linked to fashion and textiles.

During Fashion Revolution Week, fashion designer Nushi Lambreva will repair or embellish your favourite garment with a story, either with or without your help. With respect for what it was, and attention to what it can become. You don't have to start from scratch: a garment can evolve in how you wear it and how it looks. This way, you can wear your favourite garments for much longer.

Based on a short questionnaire and photos, Nushi prepares a few possible designs in advance. During the workshop, Nushi guides you in the development of your design. Together, you decide on one route: repair, fit/correction or a detail. You go home with a unique and wearable garment. Ready to tell a new story with your old garment!

You can choose between two options:

• Make & Take (ready the same day)
• Make & Leave (you start the session and leave it for Nushi to finish within 10–14 days).

Between the two sessions, you are welcome to come and have a look during the Open Studio moment.

Temenuzhka (Nushi) Lambreva is an Antwerp-based costume and textile artist who works at the intersection of theatre, performance and contemporary textile design. Her practice focuses on the functional intelligence of clothing: how clothing moves, functions and shapes bodies in different contexts. She starts from a keen eye for material behaviour, wear and fit, which allows her to develop form, construction and finish with meticulous attention.

Her education ranges from scenography in Bulgaria to fashion and theatre costume design in Antwerp. The Bulgarian textile traditions she grew up with serve more as a working method than a nostalgic reference. Traditions are a source of structure, efficiency and sustainability in contemporary design. Her work is often described as “ethic chic”: precise, controlled and trend-conscious, underpinned by craftsmanship and attention to longevity.

With NИold, she further translates this approach into a public studio where repair and remake are fully-fledged design strategies. By working with existing clothing, she transforms wardrobes through reuse, adaptation and careful material research - repair thus becomes not a necessity, but an intentional aesthetic choice.