“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 Schwartz, who’s been in the safety-pin business for more ...

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 ...

Fans of British punk band the Sex Pistols wearing dog collars and T-shirts customised with a safety pin motif, London, 1977(Keystone Features/Getty Images) Is there anything quite so satisfying as ...