Indian fabrics are famous for their rich texture, traditional handiwork, and exquisite appearance. Fabrics like Banarasi silk, Kanchipuram, Muga silk, Patola, and Pashmina are not only known for their ...
At first glance, ITOH’s shirts look unfinished. There are a thousand tiny irregularities in the cotton. Ripples and furrows from collar to cuff. But that can’t be the case. One or two oddities might ...
Payal Pratap works closely with weaving clusters across India, including Banaras, Bhagalpur, West Bengal and Bhagaiya, ...
In a city shaped by trade routes, migration, and centuries of artistic exchange, a new exhibition has opened in Istanbul that brings the textile traditions of India into dialogue with Türkiye’s ...
The French-Indian block-printing textile designer Brigitte Singh carefully rolls out a piece of fabric adorned with bright red poppy flowers that probably belonged to Mughal emperor Shah Jahan from ...
Narrative tapestries and unique beetlewing garments are on display at a new exhibit at The Textile Museum at George Washington University. The exhibit “Indian Textiles: 1,000 Years of Art and Design” ...
Did you know that the lace trimmings you scour the lanes and bylanes of Delhi to embellish kurtas, saris, lehngas, dupattas or shirts aren’t just decorative pieces of textile—they are remnants of a ...