Jean Genius

Available December 2025 – pre-order now!

Rescue denim from landfill, creating stylish, sustainable new clothes and accessories.

Give new life to your pre-loved jeans, with these simple techniques and inventive designs.

This practical book brings together ingenious repairing techniques and repurposing ideas. Your favourite jeans can be patched, visibly mended, reworked into a new fashionable style or even cut up to form a completely new garment or accessory. Whether you want a tote bag, a bucket hat, or a fresh new cut in your trousers, Janelle Hanna’s designs will show you how to rescue good denim from landfill and give it a better future. And you’ll discover that there’s nothing more satisfying than turning something old into something new!

ISBN 9781837760626

160 pages, 250 x 200 mm