Clothing Hospital
Mending your broken clothes or giving them a fresh outlook on life.
The Clothing Hospital provides general mending/alterations as well as restoration of vintage apparel in Austin,Texas.
It is with great joy and profound excitement we announce that as of June 1st ,Lauren Perdue, Fashion Designer ,will be taking over as owner of Clothing Hospital. Lauren plans to expand service offerings considerably to include custom clothing (bridal/evening/special occasion/sportswear), women's tailoring, cut-make-trim services, pattern making and more. Clothing Hospital will soon be open five days a week for walk-ins and 24/7 by appointment. Stay tuned for details on Facebook
- 05/12/2013
My week with the Weekender: I've been working on this project for what seems like FOREVER. Seriously. It started out because I saw the Weekender pattern at remnants:fiber[culture] and Jessica offered to trade me the pattern fo...read more - 04/21/2013
Meant to be: Have you ever had a project haunt you? I did. It was this dress.
It hung in the doorway at Amelia's for a really long time. It was damaged, it had a 22 inch waist, but it had one or two good...read more - 01/01/2013
Just a little touch up...:
It's that time of year where I take all my faded black clothes and add a little more color. In the past I would have tossed them in the washing machine with a bottle of RIT, but I've learned that...read more - 12/29/2012
A tale of two jackets: Every year I make a new jacket. This year I scored a great pattern and some unexpected fabric finds at Fabricker's fabric swap and ended up with two jackets.
Now most of you are prob...read more - 12/03/2012
Make it work: At the office, I saw all kinds of makeshift alterations. Binder clips to hold up pants. Staples and tape to hem pants. Needless to say, I got a lot of work from my co-workers.
I am not sure who ...read more
