#textiles

#textiles

Anil Kochhar, a North Carolina State University donor, gave graduates of the school's Wilson College of Textiles a lot more than just words of wisdom when he delivered their keynote commencement address recently. The Indian American entrepreneur also announced that he would pay off any student loans taken out by the college's graduating pupils during their senior year. I hope that all of you leave today not only with a degree but with greater freedom to pursue your goals, take risks and build the lives that you've worked so hard to achieve, Kochhar said, prompting loud cheers, applause and a standing ovation from his audience.

The exhibition traces Armitage's long career from her earliest linocuts to recent work, bringing together more than 40 prints, objects, and archival materials.

Captured beautifully by Shin Jeong Hoon, this collection is a poignant homage to the rich tapestry of East African heritage. When millennial East Africans revisit vintage photographs of their grandparents, joyously dancing on polished parquet floors or posing with vintage Citroens and Beetles against a backdrop of brilliantly blooming bougainvillaea, one can't help but feel a wave of nostalgia. Something is captivating about that wooden floor, their natural hair,

Your eyes don't deceive you. The use of polyester has ballooned with time, according to Henry Navarro Delgado, an associate professor at Toronto Metropolitan University's school of fashion. It's partly because polyester can be quite useful, he said. It is a type of plastic made from petroleum compounds that are cooled and stretched into yarn, according to Michael Palladino, a fashion industry veteran and lecturer at Kingsborough Community College's business of fashion program in New York.

Arles-born artist Sarah Espeute learned embroidery as a child but did not return to the practice until decades later. After studying graphic design in Paris, working in Riso printing, founding a publishing house, and painting, she took up embroidery again for a one-off exhibition. The response was immediate. She went on to found Œuvres Sensibles and relocated her studio to Marseille, where she now works from a made-to-measure atelier alongside a team of trained embroiderers and artists.

I love to integrate manual interventions such as printing on fabric, sewing, and collage, transforming the work into more complex and tactile objects,

Ellerslie Interiors embraced the French Renaissance-style building's good bones for her mahjong room. "The architecture carries such a strong vernacular that we approached it almost like a dialogue between East and West-layering lacquer, brass, and mirror against the home's more traditional bones," principal Laura Lubin tells AD PRO. "Installing the Robert Kuo hand-hammered dragon bench under the silk moiré walls was a goosebump moment."

Today, it's Kazakhstan 's largest city and the second biggest in all of Central Asia, with a population of 2 million people exceeded only by 2.6 million people in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. At the foot of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains, Almaty is a vibrant center of commerce and culture, known for how it blends Soviet-era architecture with trendy neighborhoods, glitzy boutiques, and celebrations of time-honored crafts on street corners beside fashionable cafés and dining establishments.

Welcome to The Editors' Cut, our monthly column dedicated to beautiful and useful finds for all over the house. In this installment: Maybe it's the state of the world, or the proliferation of AI and its uncanny creations. But lately we've found ourselves drawn-pun fully intended-to markings, illustrations, and sketches, the doodle scrawled in the margins while daydreaming or in a meeting or on the phone.

A Stylish, Low-Impact Retreat in Sonoma showcases simple summer inspiration with practical design and nature connectivity, influenced by both design trends and environmental sustainability.

Thrift stores often house a variety of textiles such as embroidered tablecloths, towels, and aprons that can add color and character to your kitchen.

Gohar's new capsule with Vis-à-Vis brings haute embroidery into the spotlight, showcasing meticulous craftsmanship and a playful design aesthetic that celebrates traditional techniques.

Chosen well, summer's best cloths have the power to make dressing up a pleasure rather than a purgatory.

The new Sunbrella textile collection is inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, known for its "California Romanza" or pre-Columbian Mexican architecture.