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 ...
Survival World on MSN
For most of history humans had no clothes, so when did that change and why?
While the Tarkhan Dress offers a rare example of a complete ancient garment, it’s unlikely to be the first evidence of humans ...
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 ...
"Virgen de los Sastres (Virgin with Tailors)" (c. 1750), Cusco, Peru, oil and gold on canvas, 57 1/2 x 40 3/8 inches (Museo Pedro de Osma, Lima, courtesy the Blanton Museum of Art, all images courtesy ...
Fashion and orientalism : dress, textiles and culture from the 17th to the 21st century / Adam Geczy
1. Early orientalism and the barbaresque : Luxury textiles and the beginnings of the silk trade -- Venice -- Textiles in Western Europe -- Cotton and chintz -- Charles II and the origins of the vest - ...
"Only the Clothes on Her Back tells the history of law and commerce in the United States between the Revolution and the Civil War through textiles and the legal principles associated with them. Those ...
Joe Whitten, Co-Founder and CEO of Apparel Impact, is on a mission—to focus on reuse, recycling, upcycling, and downcycling ...
Housed within Wallace Hall, the Oris Glisson Historic Costume and Textile Collection fills the walls of the first floor with displays of fashionable clothings and outfits from the past. Dina ...
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