Mending is an undervalued art. The ability to rework garments and give pieces of clothing a new lease of life is an essential one, although nowadays we are not encouraged to think of it as so.

A little workshop in Minokamo City, central Japan receives countless requests from across Japan to repair damaged clothes. Kaketsugi, or invisible mending, is a technique for repairing holes or ...

From using cedar wood coat hangers to restoring your favourite handbags – fashion editor Harriet Davey gives her top tips on how to make your clothes last longer. As a fashion editor I have a ...

Learning a new skill can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. The Indiana Memorial Union Board welcomed students to a ...

The mending pile is where good clothes with small problems go to die. It’s like prison for pants — you might see them again in three to five years. Most serve a life sentence. “Sweetheart ...

Spain’s Inditex, which operates the Zara clothing outlets, launched a mending service for its products in Britain in November 2022. Meanwhile, an outdoor brand whose products are usually used in ...

Boaz visited Old Flame Mending in Pittsburgh to check out how they repair and mend clothes that are in need of some TLC.