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

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 ...

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

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 ...

When a spider gets scared and drops down on a line, it releases a liquid stored in a little gland inside its abdomen that is spun as its dropping, instantly turning into a fibre. This fibre, known as ...

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 ...