&gt; perhaps because licensing costs too much to make it profitable, licensing isn&#x27;t permitted for street vendors, varying climate doesn&#x27;t make it as easy year-round, or ...<p>I&#x27;m not sure that someone would be able to make a living in the US repairing everyday imported clothing items.  The few times I tried to get something repaired by a tailor stop in the US, the cost at US wages was a significant fraction of what it would cost to buy a brand new replacement (made overseas at much lower wages).  Admittedly, those were complicated repairs, but everyday clothing is just so cheap (in price and quality) that repairing it doesn&#x27;t make sense.