TIGANESTI, Romania From the sanctity of a 19th-century convent, Romanian nuns weave vivid, Byzantine cloth for Orthodox priests. Now word of the sumptuous silk has reached fashion designers — and soon ...
Kente cloth and the vibrant prints based on its patterns are everywhere: in black churches as narrow columns of colorful fabric cascading over the shoulders of chorus members; on crowded urban streets ...
Khamson Srathong, 78, sits comfortably in front of a weaving loom under her raised-floor house in Ban Phon village in Kalasin's Kham Muang district. Despite her old age, her hands move synchronously ...
The commercialization of clothing-type wearable robots has taken a significant step forward with the development of equipment ...