It won&#x27;t be $1, but once every year or so I routinely take a handful of items down to a local cleaner to fix&#x2F;replace zippers, repair a split seam etc. The cost tends toward $5 or so per item. (More for things like zippers.) It&#x27;s certainly economical if the clothing is otherwise in decent shape. Doing a button myself takes a few minutes--however long I procrastinate about it :-)<p>I agree the overall economics of having clothing repaired isn&#x27;t as attractive as it was 20 years ago. But it can still work--especially for more utilitarian and better-made gear.