Forget ‘shop until you drop’,... ‘care and repair’ is the new go-to, environmentally friendly way to update your wardrobe. Though shopping consciously should be a prerequisite, April 22 marks Earth ...

We all know that sewing requires a lot of time, patience, and hardwork. So when you accidentally pierce your pen through your favorite shirt, or when it starts tearing after getting worn almost every ...

Chances are we all have something in our closet or clothing drawers that we simply can’t part with: a warm wool sweater, a concert T-shirt, or a pair of jeans that fit just right. If those pieces ...

We all know that sinking feeling when you find a hole in your favourite jeans. But what if — with a few simple tools — you could bring it back to life? To get some advice, we sat down with Renae Coles ...

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 ...

It’s jumper season, and many of us are rediscovering our woollies after months in storage, hoping we won’t find that our favourite sweater has been munched through by moths just as the weather turns ...

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 ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. We’ve all been there. Your favourite pair of jeans begins to ...