Fashion Fixx Alterations

Top 5 Tips for Tailoring Appointments

Whether it’s your first time to have your clothes altered or you’re a pro at getting pinned, here are some tips to make your visit smoother

This Is How Often You Should Actually Wash Your Jeans

A laundry expert shares when and how you should actually wash your jeans:

Why you should never wash your jeans

Laundry is inevitable, but thankfully there are people like Levi’s CEO and President Chip Bergh who want to make our lives a little easier. According to him, you should never wash a pair of jeans. Ever. While this may prompt noises of disgust from those are less-then-enamoured by the idea of walking around in dirty clothes, Mr Bergh explained that he "spot cleans" any stains with a toothbrush.

The Right Way to Cuff your Jeans

Guide to Purchasing a Sewing Machine

When it comes to sewing machines and fabric variances, you want a machine that's going to be able to tackle any job & provide the best comfort of use possible.

5 Tips For Getting Your Groom Ready For Your Wedding Day

You want to make sure that you look just right for your wedding day. But at the same time it’s his wedding too, so your husband-to-be looks needs to look the part too. Check out these groom's wedding planning tips.

10 Modern Sewing Patterns that Flatter Women

As much as I love a good shift dress, sometimes its nice to sew a more modern sewing pattern with a fit that flatters. A sewing pattern that will make you feel like a million bucks. So I looked around and found some that I think would do exactly that. Sewing patterns that flatter WOMEN. …

Antibiotics May Lead to Permanent Alterations in Metabolism

According to recent research, infants given antibiotics have an increased risk of obesity later on in life due to this early alteration of their gut flora.

Condo Smarts: Strata responsible for decks damaged by power-washer

Dear Tony: Our strata corporation has a bylaw that says the owners must maintain and repair limited common property. Our balconies are designated as limited common property, and this summer, the . . .

Benefits Of Professional Alterations

White Way Cleaners explains the benefits of professional alterations!

Is It Worth It? Renting formal wear for the holidays

If your pocketbook is feeling the pinch from holiday shopping, is there anything left in the budget for new outfits for all those parties we love to attend this special season? Instead of paying full price why not rent your clothes? 7 On Your Side troubleshooter Horace Holmes tells us if it's really worth it to rent formal wear just for the holidays in the video above.

How to Pack Formal Wear for a Wedding

Smart packing is key for keeping pricey, delicate clothes—like a wedding gown, bridesmaid dress, or suit—damage-free. Here's how to pack formal wear.

Hallak Cleaners' Wedding Services

Hallak Cleaners' Wedding Services are ideal for the engaged or married couple as we offer both pre and post care such as alterations and cleaning.

New Research: Women can reduce breast cancer risks predicted by genes

Women with a high risk of developing breast cancer based on family history and genetic risk can still reduce the chance they will develop the disease in their lifetimes by following a healthy lifestyle, new research led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests. White women who are at high risk but who had a low body mass index (a marker for obesity), who did not drink or smoke and who did not use hormone replacement therapy, had roughly the…

Guidance for Making Homes Accessible

Rosemarie Rossetti shares her story and how Universal Design can make a difference.

Building Friendships through Fabrics

Mixed Up Clothing Building Friendships through Fabrics Multicultural Multiracial Multiethnic Mini Global Citizens

Sigyn Therapeutics: Calming and Preventing the Cytokine Storm

Sigyn is not only trying to treat the inflammatory mediators that fuel sepsis; it wants to prevent the life-threatening event from occurring altogether.