I picked up a cheap chinese leather patcher -- a Singer 29k clone -- for some leather work because my little entry-level sewing machine is not sufficient for leather. DIY is an illness, so I decided ...

Along the Pearl River in southern China, a fast-growing industry is churning out cheap clothes and toys that are flooding the world duty-free.

Zhang Chengjia has supplied sewing machines to textile shops in southern China for the past 20 years. But as the government ...

The artisan from Sultanpur had a visit from the Congress leader in 2024 — and taught him to repair a shoe. Rahul’s ‘return gift’ helped him open a second shop ...

At last, Haywood County once again has a dedicated, stand-alone fabric store. Superior Bargain Fabrics has opened in ...

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They served in Vietnam together, and now “Sgt.” Park Jang-soo (Kwon Hae-hyo) sits atop a small but lucrative collection of Bogota retail shops run by Korean immigrants. Sgt. Park is “big in Bogota,” ...

See fashion's last stop, the places where your used clothing is harming ecosystems, polluting the environment, and driving ...