A fashion designer who mends clothes says he finds joy in bringing sentimental items "back to life". Cosmin Diaconu, who ...

NEW YORK - "If you can drive a car, you can drive this,' says Maya Valladares as I press the sewing machine pedal to the floor and complete my first stitch. After years of having holes in my pants ...

One dusty family photo album in my attic holds black-and-white snapshots of my mother and grandmother darning their socks in the early 1950s. “We used burnt-out light bulbs to hold them while we ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ancient craft of mending is making a comeback but forget being discreet. "Visible mending is a style of clothing repair and it is bringing attention to rips and tears in your ...

He’s trying to mend the ties that bind us. A Brooklyn artist is taking to the street with a vintage sewing machine for a performance he hopes can help a society tearing itself apart on the eve of a ...

Amanda Lee McCarty, sustainability consultant and host of the Clotheshorse podcast, remembers fixing a tear on her Forever 21 shirt with a stapler—just long enough to get through the workday before ...

Many environmentalists say the key to sustainable clothing is already in your closet, and that has brought new attention to mending torn and worn clothes instead of buying new ones. REBECCA HARRISON: ...

Only a few generations ago, socks were routinely darned, sweaters mended and pants patched. You could buy a sewing kit at any drugstore. Knowing how to use it was a mark of good housekeeping. Kate ...

Makayla Wray, 29, an East Village tailor, works in Chinatown for an upscale designer during the day. But Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 p.m. until dark, she’s a street seamstress working ...

Lily Fulop is the author of Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes, available now from The Countryman Press/W. W. Norton. Fulop also runs the Instagram account ...