The exhibition in Santa Ana reveals the story of Indian chintz and is also the inspiration for Bowers' Bollywood Bash ...

The Hmong use story cloths to document the history of their people and culture. One of the most popular topics for story ...

Some years ago, while on a trip to Europe, my daughter and I had planned to go to Italy. She was going to take me to see the Vatican. It had been a long-unfulfilled dream to visit the Vatican and ...

When the English archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the royal tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt in November 1922, it took fully eight days to unwrap the mummified body of the young king from 16 layers ...

The difference between a $5,000 suit and a $50,000 bespoke suit, besides a raise to a C-letter job title, is fabric. Sure, a documented Neapolitan lineage, a tastefully wood paneled dressing room and ...

The textiles women produced made our civilization what it is. By Virginia Postrel Ms. Postrel is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and the author of “The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the ...

LONDON — Stella McCartney is dishing the dirt once again, using a leathery fabric made from the root system of fungi, and developed by the California-based Bolt Threads. McCartney has used Bolt’s ...

Color fastness is important to keep the vibrancy of African textiles. To test this, lightly dampen a small, inconspicuous ...