Tucked away in the basement of her home in Bodines, Wanda Gardner takes strips of fabric that might otherwise be discarded ...

With Eid-ul-Fitr just a week away, weavers in Pabna and Sirajganj, the country's major handloom cloth-producing regions ... is now working as a labourer to make his ends meet.

Dhakai Muslin was only for museum exhibits. The tales of the fabric were as bizarre as those that reached mythical status. “A whole muslin saree can go through a single piece of finger ring,” was one ...

The Luddites lost the fight to save their livelihoods. As the threat of artificial intelligence looms, can we do any better?

Weavers in the northwest have called for special protected EU status for Donegal Tweed to combat cheaper imitations from ...

Bhiwandi is about 58 kilometers (36 miles) from India’s financial capital, Mumbai. Its proximity to the sea and the large metropolis make it an attractive location for small manufacturers and ...

Six yards of silk unfurls, the fabric gently rustles around your body as you wear it, the pleats are stiffly tucked in, the ...

Textile weavers, tassel-makers, lighting restorers, cabinet makers and muralists forged new traditions at the sumptuous Beaux ...

The Washington Spinners and Weavers Guild was founded 50 years ago and is still going strong. The group of about 30 members who are all interested in fiber, said club president Barbara Campbell of ...

a town [in Madhya Pradesh],” she said speaking about the sourcing of the fabric. “Only if we understand the geography of the ...

Kanchipuram silk sarees belong to a unique category of sarees which are well-known for pure mulberry silk and genuine zari ...

Shabir Ahmad Mir’s prose is like the knots of the carpets his protagonist weaves – intricate, obsessive, at times maddeningly ...