It can be easy to take for granted the processes involved in creating the clothes we wear, but a new exhibit at the Science History Institute aims to shed light on one aspect of textile creation: dyes ...

Growing up, our history books and teachers repeatedly taught us that India was a thriving exporter, its trade routes stretching across continents. We learnt about spices, especially pepper and ...

Cotton Textiles in Global History / Giorgio Riello and Prasannan Parthasarathi -- World Areas of Cotton Textile Manufacturing -- Cotton Textiles in the Indian Subcontinent, 1200-1800 / Prasannan ...

Paris may hold the title of the capital of fashion, and a new exhibit at the National Archives explores how textiles and trade policy impacted the development of the country’s apparel industry over ...

More artists are working with fiber, according to Hong Kong curator Takahashi Mizuki, but it 'is still an underrated medium.' Exhibition view: “Lining Revealed – A Journey Through Folk Wisdom and ...

By Rebekah Pickering WoodTextiles shape British life in ways we often overlook – the clothes worn, the items inherited, and the patterns that quietly signal where people come from. Yet behind these ...

Clothing is one of our most basic needs, along with food and shelter — but textiles are also important symbols of identity. In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, WTOP is ...

Just a few generations ago, when folks commonly lived in homes without heat, insulation or running water, women took scraps of fabric and made quilts to keep their families warm. With time came access ...

Suffragists watch as Alice Paul sews stars onto banner. The “story of textiles is the story of human ingenuity,” wrote Virginia Postrel, author of “The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the ...

Near the beginning of “Anni Albers: In Thread and On Paper” at the Blanton Museum of Art, a 1968 photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson portrays Albers with her husband, Josef, whose “Homage to the ...