Britain's new monarch has long been known for his penchant for getting favorite old shoes and clothes repaired rather than thrown out, but now the practice has taken off in Japan, at least among shoemakers, who are offering to bring precious footwear back to life with what they have dubbed the "Charles patch."Masatomo Sato, 40, works hunched over a vintage sewing machine in a dimly lit workshop in Tokyo's famous Shibuya district. The originator of the name for the technique of applying a leather patch to damaged footwear, he has been doing it for around 10 years.Conventional wisdom states t…READ FULL ARTICLE
