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Taylor Shupe, San Clemente-based founder of knitting manufacturer FutureStitch, said he finds joy in being able to provide something unexpected in business.

A stalwart of British outdoor clothing, we delve into the reasons Rab gear is so expensive and consider whether it’s worth the investment

Stitch Buffalo, a growing 9-year-old nonprofit that started as an embroidery workshop for refugee women on the West Side, is now poised to get a new and much larger home

In the series final, Craig Reucassel goes undercover to find out where some of our recycled clothes might be ending up.

Stitch Buffalo has outgrown its current space and will move into a larger building in early 2024.

Meet Australia’s fashion fixers: ‘There’s no apprenticeship, it’s more Bruce Lee style’ Rosemary Wright is the owner and original dyer from Cullachange, a Sydney company that dyes your old clothing. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian As people become more conscious of reducing waste, Australia’s professional menders are welcoming a new wave of customers by DoosieMorris Tue 4 May 2021 13.30 EDT Last modified on Tue 4 May 2021 20.03 EDT “It’s like a puzzle...

Meet Australia’s fashion fixers: ‘There’s no apprenticeship, it’s more Bruce Lee style’ Doosie Morris “It’s like a puzzle,” Yusra Adin says, smiling from behind her sewing machine at Second Stitch, a community textiles initiative in Melbourne’s north. The former civil engineer from Iraq chuckles, recalling the tattered remains of a favourite T-shirt, brought in for repairs after its owner tore it off in shreds during a surprise arachnid encounter. “It was in ...