Hannah Betts argues that styling rather than buying is the thing

Q Is there a cheap way to freshen up the outfits I’m getting tired of? Gina Ronson, Merseyside A Let me introduce the humble triangle scarf. You may have seen this nifty accessory already on the high

In the early 1940s, the Royal Mint replaced the familiar image of a portcullis on the threepenny coin with a thrift plant. This was part of the government’s campaign reminding the public of the need f

Several decades on from her primary school days, hand weaver and textile designer Llio James still remembers one particular lesson. She grew up in the small village of Talybont, close to Aberystwyth,

Multi-award-winning former BBC Radio broadcaster Liz Green now owns and curates Caché La Boutique in Elland, Halifax. She is also a director of Up North Runway, which aims to encourage emerging designers to flourish in the North

I REMEMBER the first thing I ever knitted, even if I have no idea where it is now. It was a sew-together hat, made of some lurid, scratchy acrylic yarn with uneven edges and the occasional rogue hole