A new show at the Fowler Museum at UCLA explores the ideas of appropriation and ownership of African dress, and how African history and culture is communicated through the printed fabrics. African ...

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 ...

Textile roundel with interlace; Egypt, 4th century CE; wool on linen, 8.3 x 10.3 in. The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College has acquired a rich trove of Coptic textiles, and an extensive library ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

Growing up, our history books and teachers repeatedly taught us that India was a thriving exporter, its trade routes stretching across continents. We learnt about spices, especially pepper and ...