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 ...
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 ...
African print fashion, the subject of a new show at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, is so closely associated with a particular place and heritage it instantly conjures up an image in one’s mind. The bold ...
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.
Installation view of Double Weave: Bourne and Allen’s Modernist Textiles at Ditching Museum of Art + Craft (all photos Julie Smith Schneider/Hyperallergic, unless otherwise noted) DITCHLING, England — ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The "story of textiles is the story of human ingenuity," wrote Virginia Postrel, author of "The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World." We may not notice, but much of our language—and ...
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