Two winters ago, a shopkeeper on Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue caught my eye with her outfit. She was wearing a chunky knit black cardigan held together with a giant safety pin. It snaked through the ...

For the uninitiated, safety pins and Motorcycle Clubs (MCs) don't seem like two things that go together. On the one hand, you have the tough and scruffy biker trundling down the road on his ...

We choose to call it fashion’s latest plot twist. The most-talked-about accessory of the moment is neither a diamond choker, a pearl drop, nor is it a chunky gold chain. Like you already guessed, it ...

The safety pin is a small domestic object that appears settled and complete, yet it carries a design feature that invites repeated questions. The circular hole at the end of the clasped arm has ...

Got a safety pin? Been seeing them everywhere and not entirely sure what they mean? The safety pin phenomenon hit Britain first; in the wake of the Brexit vote in June 2016, in which Britain voted to ...

You'll never look at a humble safety pin the same way again “These things are so great and have so many uses in so many areas that I don’t even have to market them. Customers just find me,” says Larry ...