My grandmother did not know the Japanese word wabi-sabi, per se, but as a seamstress, she unknowingly embraced the concept. My grandmother was the queen of repairing and making do. Her repairs went ...

This story was originally published on May 22, 2023, and has been updated. When Arounna Khounnoraj was growing up, her mother, a seamstress, made and mended Khounnoraj's clothes. She would try to make ...