Alterations by Sylvia

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.

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:

Seven Ways to Tell if Your Suit Fits

A great suit doesn't look so great if it doesn't fit. Seven ways to tell if it does.

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. …

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.

Making the Case for Eating Fruit

Fresh fruit should not become a casualty in the sugar wars, many nutrition experts say.

What Happened to Sylvia Plath’s Lost Novels?

Plath herself burned one of her unpublished manuscripts, but the other disappeared under mysterious circumstances

Why Sylvia Pankhurst left her art behind

A Lost Story by Sylvia Plath Contains the Seeds of the Writer She Would Become

“Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom,” which Plath wrote when she was twenty, conveys the sense of horror that would become her signature aesthetic.

Less Talk, More Action Is Needed To Get Young People Into Engineering

It Is Time to Speak of Cake

I have some great stories to tell you all about some great Pfister visitors. But not today. Today it is finally time to speak of cake. It’s a languid summer day here at the Pfister, click and on da…

How to Make The Royal Family's Christmas Dessert

The Royal Family just shared how to make one of their favorite holiday treats. Here's everything you need to know to make it at home.

You Can Be an Ocean Hero, No Matter Who You Are or What You Do

You don’t need to be Jacques Cousteau or Sylvia Earle to save the ocean, and you don’t even need to know how to swim!You can help save the ocean...

Five Ways To Partner With Another Nonprofit For Marketing Wins

Having limited resources, one of the best ways to stretch your marketing efforts is to partner with another nonprofit.