In the tribal villages of Hazaribagh in Northeastern India, facades of mud huts are adorned with intricate floral and vine patterns painted by local women using a dark manganese coating and a pale ...

Florals, brocades, stripes and geometrics can take the most ho-hum space to another level, injecting movement and personality while softening hard edges and elevating the overall design scheme. “To me ...

For her graduate project Design Academy Eindhoven, fashion designer Anouk van de Sande wanted to create patterns that moved–not just on body but on the actual textile itself. For her Print In Motion ...

Editor’s Note: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes is a new series investigating how the rules of fashion have influenced different cultural arenas — and your closet. As students return to ...

Most designers work with lush jacquard fabrics at some point in their careers. Known for their durability, complex patterns, and ornate beauty, jacquards have remained popular since their invention in ...

When Fawn Galli, an interior designer, needed drapery for her floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Central Park, no ordinary fabric would do. Plain silk, damasks and traditional florals all lacked the ...

Color fastness is important to keep the vibrancy of African textiles. To test this, lightly dampen a small, inconspicuous ...

Thandiwe Muriu is sick of blending in. Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, the 30-year-old artist feels like she’s often flattened “into the background of my culture,” as she told the BBC. “And my ...

As students return to school, one patterned textile now synonymous with uniforms will make its seasonal reappearance on pleated skirts, jumpers and ties: plaid. The design has long been a mainstay in ...