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 ...

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 ...

Simply sign up to the Sustainability myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. I was walking through the streets of San Francisco in 2000 as a young artist when the idea for a sewing project ...

Don’t you just hate it when your clothes get ripped and you have to go to the entire process of stitching it back together yourself or go to a tailor? Plus, the stitch simply scars your favourite ...

Chances are that each and every one of us has an article of clothing that we love, which also has a rip, tear, broken zipper, missing button, stain, etc. Therefore, the shirt, dress, pants in question ...

Clothing of the future could have the ability to repair itself after a tear – all you need to do is add water. Researchers have developed a coating for textiles that can heal itself, and neutralize ...

If you like your clothes, you’ll wear them a lot. Like them enough and they’ll get worn out. And, if you really like your clothes, you’ll repair them. Rips and tears happen with time — it’s only ...

Like most women of her generation, my grandmother, whom I called Nonie, was an excellent seamstress. Born in 1879 in Galveston, Texas, she made most of her own clothes. Widowed at 43 and forced to ...

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