LONDON--The Uniqlo clothing chain is attracting attention for a new repair service offered at its flagship store here that mends old garments with a Japanese embroidery technique dating to feudal ...

It was 2012, and the Irish designer was three years into his dream gig leading Levi’s Vintage Clothing, the historic denim brand’s sub-label dedicated to faithfully recreating archival garments. At ...

Noriko Saiki, a senior manager at the Japan Research Institute ... adds embroidery to old clothing and provides other alteration services for a fee. “It seems to satisfy the needs of customers ...

Intended to reinforce fabrics for brutal winters, it also results in intricately textured clothing ... To learn more about Japanese shashiko, read: The 300-year-old Japanese method of upcycling ...