EditorialThe designer Paco Rabanne uses pliers to repair one of his plastic and metal dresses during a show at Lord & Taylor in New York, March 28, 1966. (Neal Boenzi/The New York Times)
EditorialThe sculptor Jean Shin tailor-fits leather to the trunk of a hemlock using pliers, upholstery tacks and a hammer, for her “Fallen,” 2021, at Olana State Historic Site in Greenport, N.Y., April 19, 2021. (Amanda Picotte/The New York Times)