If summer is here, can the mango be far behind? Not just on our plates but also as a motif on textiles and other crafts. The fruit is deeply embedded in our ethos, says Anamika Pathak, in her 2021 ...

Design pros have been obsessing over statement tile for quite a while — and the fervor is only growing. Just a few months ago ...

When you think of a motif, what visuals first come to mind? Perhaps, delicate paisley unfurling like budding flowers, reminiscent of the intricate designs in Jamdani sarees. Or, a geometric lattice ...

Every garment has a story to tell. Pose the right questions, and it will reveal the political mood, socio-economic conditions and the very zeitgeist of its period and place of origin. New Traditions: ...

A selection of illustrations from the author's two-volume Design motifs on Mexican Indian textiles, published in 1976. siris_sil_725307 ...

Set among vineyards and centuries-old oaks near Montpellier, France, the 18th-century Château La Banquière has been ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Thank the universe for symbols. If it weren’t for that stick figure wearing a triangle, think how many men would have barged into the wrong restroom and been ...

Let’s start with your journey. How old is Ghuri by Debjani? I started Ghuri in October, 2017. I am not from a fashion background. My masters and MPhil were in zoology. I used to teach and then my ...

Ten years ago, Hyderabad’s fashion landscape was learning the language of its own loom. Today, it’s owning it — one not nostalgic, but reinvented. Across the city, designers are taking Telugu textiles ...