Installation view of Boro Textiles: Sustainable Aesthetics; items from right to left: Bodoko (mat), late Edo to early Showa period, (1800-1950s), hemp and cotton; Kotatsu blanket, late Edo to early ...

If there is one overlooked corner of fashion history, it has to be Japanese textiles. For hundreds of years, Japanese craftspeople have made high-end fabrics from plant fibers and silk. Today, some of ...

Sudō Reiko and Nuno, Vitrine (photo courtesy the Center for Hertiage Arts & Textile Hong Kong) Growing up in a small country town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, Sudō Reiko always looked forward to the ...

Boro is a style of fabric mending that became known for its use of limited, natural materials. Several brands these days, from Patagonia to Reformation, upcycle their clothes to make trendy new ...

A handpicked selection of 22 notable Japanese textile companies were recently exhibited at the Japan Textile Salon, hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization, a government-based firm. The show ...

The art of Japanese Textile Making is an exhibtion on view through Dec. 9 at the Design Museum at UC Davis. Lunchables are Arts Blog features about exhibitions that can be viewed during lunch or ...

Specialty: At Sri Threads in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Stephen Szczepanek deals in Japanese textiles from the early 18th century to the 20th, with a specialty in boro, traditional cloths made from ...

The rebirth of the Japanese textile industry is one of the success stories of the postwar years. With little U.S. help, the rebuilt and modernized industry produces 37% of Japan’s vitally needed ...

The old Massapoag mill on the outskirts of the little North Carolina court house town of Lincolnton (pop. 5,423) looks like many another small Southern textile mill from its brick exterior. But aside ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MILAN — Hosoo, the Kyoto-based luxury textiles brand that has expertise in kimono silk through Nishijin weaving for more than ...