Australian Home Beautiful

UNSUNG ICONS: CROSS STITCH

or a generation raised on the concept of two-wears-and-you’redone fast fashion, it may be difficult to comprehend how long their forebears held onto things. Where do you think all those vintage Gucci/Coogi sweaters you’re now paying hundreds of dollars for online came from? Well, the longevity of these items is partly due of years of ad hoc repairs, so many years in fact, that these items often crossed the threshold from merely old into the

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