India’s textile heritage is a story written in needle and thread. For centuries, artisans across different regions have created embroidery styles that are not just decorative, but deeply cultural, ...

Were Hungarian embroiderers of centuries past encoding secret musical messages into their decorative textiles? Nope! But Zsanett Szirmay is decoding them anyway. The designer's latest project, ...

As she begins to embroider flowers inside a vine leaf border, Uzbek artisan Mukhabbat Kuchkarova pulls the naturally dyed green silk thread through the cotton sheet. “I go to another world when I sew, ...

The centuries-old craft historically served as a form of visual language and cultural identity, with specific patterns and colors indicating the wearer’s regional origin, social ranking and marital ...

Label Jigyam is a fashion brand that focuses on preserving the traditional embroidery designs of India. The brand incorporates embroidery in its truest essence by working on the usage, placement, ...

Although the craft lacks a detailed historical record, it has been popular since the Safavid era and remains an enduring tradition among the region’s artisans. Historically, Kam Duzi was used to ...

A Chinese historical TV series that is slated to premiere during the summer vacation has aroused interest with its marketing that showcased the elaborately crafted costumes representing one of the ...

For more than 1,300 years, Yi people have been passing on their embroidery traditions, a form of intangible cultural heritage. [Photo/VCG] Li Ruxiu, 60, walks the runway wearing a cockscomb-shaped hat ...

In a small studio in the heart of Beirut's crowded Bourj al-Barajneh camp, more than two dozen women from the Al Sama NGO crouch over their whirring sewing machines, embroidering clothes destined for ...

With ancestral embroidery skills, Yi people needle nature designs onto their costumes, such as flowers, butterflies, birds, tigers and cats, as well as the sun, moon and stars.[Photo/Xinhua] Li Ruxiu, ...