Knowing more about how clothes were made can have a transformative effect on people's relationship with fast fashion, a new study shows. Learning about clothing production, and how to make, mend and ...

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 ...

This story was originally published on May 3, 2021, and has been updated. Thinking about taking the leap into making your own clothes? We asked some experts how to get started. You don't need much, ...

Before the pandemic, Kate Bauer didn’t even know how to sew on a button. But when the Toronto-based PhD student and content creator, who goes by the handle @readwritethrift, managed to score a free ...

Kieran O'Neill, CEO of London fashion startup Thread, is building a new way of shopping for clothes. His site uses online stylists, as well as artificial inteligence (AI) and machine learning, to ...

Alex Hutchings stands outside the Las Vegas Showgirl Museum with seven of his peers, wearing a wide grin as he waits for his field trip to begin. The 25-year-old student at the University of Nevada, ...

Washing machines use water, soap, and mechanical action to clean clothes. The machine's drum rotates to move clothes around in water and loosen dirt and stains. The invention of washing machines saved ...