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Throughout history, historians have always viewed textiles within their economic context rather than their place in fashion. However, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s latest exhibit “Fashion and ...

We all wear clothes. Until recent decades, some American communities had economies based on the manufacture of cloth and clothing. We wear or make clothing without an understanding of its history or ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... University Press of Colorado Navajo Textiles, by Laurie D. Webster, et all Navajo Textiles: By Laurie D. Webster, Louise I. Stiver, D.Y. Begay and Lynda ...

In a 1991 Scientific American article, the influential computer scientist Mark Weiser predicted a coming era of “ubiquitous computing,” operating as seamlessly in the background as the electric motors ...

Vitamin T: Threads and Textiles in Contemporary Art (all images courtesy of Phaidon) Holes and tears in a dust jacket that resembles tattered linen reveal pockets of multicolored fabric underneath.

Oct. 5: The resounding success of the book on textiles actually gave the culture hub the idea. Egged on by the stupendous response to The Textile Tradition of Assam: Collection of Purbojyoti ...

Hidden amongst a massive Tipu tent from the Battle of Seringapatnam, a 19th century Kashmiri shawl embroidered with a map and Bollywood designer costumes at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum’s India ...