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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T12:14:25.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Gen Z is helping mend the fast fashion crisis one stitch at a time. At the Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange, fiber artist Kristine Brandel is teaching a new generation how to reclaim the \"lost art\" of mending to keep clothing out of landfills and fight global waste. 🧵",
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