Invisible mending is the hidden labor of fitting into workplaces. Source: Adobe/Lais This month, as the next generation of the workforce steps onto college campuses, many are unknowingly stepping into ...

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 ...

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 ...