To ensure that your upcycled kitchen towels are durable, use simple sewing techniques like straight stitches or zigzag stitches along the edges of each piece of fabric. This prevents fraying and ...

Fun fact: one of the most sustainable hobbies you can adopt is learning how to upcycle clothes. In addition to reducing waste and leaning away from fast fashion (especially in Second Hand September) ...

For fashion to truly be sustainable, we need a bit of a lifestyle change. Instead of replacing our once-loved pieces, let's try shifting our mindset to upcycling clothes and accessories. It might ...

Fashion designer Angela Luna started exclusively buying new clothing for herself from small, person-of-color owned, and sustainable businesses in 2015. These days, she more often opts for eighties ...

You dream of whipping up gorgeous garments à la Project Runway. There’s just one problem: You don’t know a seam ripper from a serger or a bobbin from a box pleat. Fear not. These no-sew hacks will ...

A seamstress from Worcester has revealed some of her favourite tips when it comes to up-cycling the clothes you already have in your wardrobe. Lucy Ackehurst, owner of Zip Yard of Pump Street, started ...

Loving fashion doesn’t have to come at the cost of the environment. That’s why Mana Fashion services is all the rage. They specialize in turning your old clothes into something new. The best part: you ...

OK, it’s time to get creative! And if you’re not all that crafty, don’t worry. As you’ll see below, you don’t need a ton of sewing know-how to pull off most of these easy upcycling projects. 1. Dye it ...

Have you ever stared into the depths of your closet and thought: “I have absolutely nothing to wear?” If your normal inclination is to dejectedly sift through what you already have, it turns out that ...

A charity shop is training volunteers to help upcycle donated clothes and accessories for sale. The blood cancer charity Linc is celebrating the first birthday of its Winchcombe Street shop in ...