At the peak, Hong Kong was one of Asia’s largest textile exporters. Now, visitors can see tangible reminders of that history ...

I've always much enjoyed the work of Virginia Postrel (who, among many other things, was once the editor-in-chief of Reason), and I'm delighted to report that she'll be guest-blogging this week about ...

The film explores the evolution of clothing, highlighting its necessity for warmth, protection, and self-expression. It traces the historical development of clothing from early materials like animal ...

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 ...

Beneath the remains of roofs collapsed in a long-ago fire in a bustling Iberian settlement, scientists unburied one of the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Walking through the North Carolina Museum of History, you'll find that every item tells a different story about the state and the people who have shaped it. Textiles are a ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. – Ann Hedlund weaves the history of textiles in the American Southwest in the same way tradition, adaptation, innovation, and variability is woven into the textiles she adores.

While some of his works have even incorporated mud, adding an earthy feel to the play of textures and tones, he has depicted ...

To mark the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ voyage, the Mayflower II at Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts has undergone a three-year refurbishment. It’s the first major overhaul since the replica ...

Darby Raymond-Overstreet (Diné), “Woven Landscape: Monument Valley” (2023), mixed media: Digital collage of scanned Navajo textiles and photography, 32 x 24 inches (81.28 x 60.96 cm) (image courtesy ...