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: ...

Once an apprentice to her mother in law, who was a master of the art of doing invisible mending, Nguyen Thi Hong, 73, has become famous not only among Vietnamese but foreigners as well. Thanh Mien, ...

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 ...

Once upon a time, sewing and mending clothes was commonplace — more a given than a unique hobby. At some point in the last few decades, though, it became something of a lost art. Why have people ...

There's a lot to be learnt from history about mending, sewing, upcycling and making the most of our clothing. Bel Jacobs finds out more. Shelley Tobin, costume curator at the National Trust's ...

Favorite shirt got a hole in it? Dress hem coming undone? Broken zipper on your jeans? Organizers of Spokane's first pop-up Mend-It Cafe invite people to "sew it, don't throw it" by bringing clothing ...