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 ...

You say you’re a “sewist”; do you make your own clothes? I learned how to sew in high school. My mom used to make a lot of our Halloween costumes and would occasionally make some of our clothes too—I ...