Shelly Figueroa isn't limited to what a handful of big-box retailers, with their racks of fluorescent-lit garments, decide Americans should wear. Instead, the Lake Oswego pattern designer makes ...

The directive was clear: Find a black, A-line skirt that nips in at the waist, flares out at the hips and falls below the knee. A skirt so simple and classic it can be worn regardless of trends, that ...

Sarah Jo Saunders never has been one to settle for mass-produced clothes off the rack. And thanks to her fashion design skills, she doesn't have to. "I've been sewing since I was a teenager," said the ...

When my mother was in high school, she made all of her own clothes. Not because she couldn’t afford to shop–but because it was cooler to wear one-of-a-kind outfits. In recent years, we’ve seen a ...

Meet four people who stitch their own garments, whether for reasons of morality or creativity Like many millennials, textiles (a less 1950s name for sewing lessons) was part of the curriculum at my ...

My husband always laughs when he tells the story that when he first met my mother, her big selling point for me was that “she makes her own clothes.” There was something very nerdy about that.