The denim brand is launching a high school curriculum to teach students how to stitch up tears and replace buttons.

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 ...

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: ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mending has baggage. Patched clothing speaks of shame and poverty and drudgery, even of slavery. But mending is a big word. It’s about repairing more than clothes. History, for example, which must be ...

Once a month, the Anchorage Museum's SEED Lab hosts a mending workshop where participants repair clothing and other gear in an effort to extend their use, reduce waste and teach participants new ...

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 ...