I actually MEND clothing. I don't get rid of clothing unless it is truly beyond fixing. If it is beyond hope, I take the buttons, zippers, etc. off and turn them into cleaning rags or garage rags. Old tank tops can be turned into shopping bags with a simple seam along the bottom. Old jeans become shorts, then after they can't be worn anymore, they become purses. I can't understand how people can get rid of clothing because a button fell off, or a hem came loose, or a seam came apart. I actually saw a very well dressed young lady the other day wearing pants that had BOTH hems STAPLED up! We really have become a disposable society, to the detriment of ourselves and our planet.