Project Upcycle's 7th annual all-star competition featured six former winners creating red-carpet looks from upcycled materials. Ashley Cushon won the $5,000 top prize with a Victorian-pirate inspired ...

Use what you have to make one of these upcycled costumes for Halloween! This is a great way to simplify costumes, and most are cheap to make! I love making costumes, but I also love simplifying the ...

Man holding up a striped long-sleeved shirt while sitting on a couch with a "donate" box next to him - PeopleImages/Shutterstock It feels good to finally declutter ...

Instead of throwing them in a thrift store pile, give your favorite pair of worn jeans a second life with these recycled ...

When a shirt is stained beyond saving or those threadbare jeans can’t make one more trip to the donation bin, don’t toss them just yet. With a little creativity, you can turn worn textiles into useful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You've made a lot of memories in those comfy old jeans, and you don't have to toss them out when they're beyond repair. Give them ...

Where most people see a dish towel, artist Barbara Ruiz sees a shirt waiting to be upcycled. “Each piece lets me know what it’s going to be next in that weird, artsy way,” she said. The Evanston-based ...

In an industrial section of downtown, where lines of tractor-trailers rumble down the potholed streets and the aroma of the Farmer John meatpacking plant hits your nostrils, L.A.’s godfather of ...

A portion of Costa Mesa’s South Coast Plaza — a mecca for the brand conscious — on Thursday celebrated a different kind of awareness, as Orange County student designers and devotees of the art of ...