NEW YORK – Pink for girls. Truck motifs for boys. A growing number of parents want to get outside those parameters when it comes to dressing their kids. Kristin Higgins was adamant about not pushing ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story was originally published on May 22, 2023, and has been updated. When Arounna Khounnoraj was growing up, her mother, a seamstress, made and mended Khounnoraj's clothes. She would try to make ...

Sarah Wachter fed a pair of silky pants through her electric sewing machine. The seam of the crotch had been ripped out and needed restitching. “It’s a quick little repair. It is just a question of ...

A growing number of brands are offering repairs for clothing – CNA Lifestyle finds out who’s doing it, and what to expect from their services.

It’s not unusual for those without sewing skills to throw out a favorite shirt because it lost a button or a pair of pants with a split seam. But two Spokane nonprofits, Spokane Zero Waste and Art ...