by shwetaverma | Nov 25, 2020 | Global Textiles, Textile Articles
The Solomon Islands are a sovereign state consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of 28,400 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). The country has a...
by shwetaverma | Nov 24, 2020 | Global Textiles, Textile Articles
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,300 mi) northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110...
by SaachiBhatia | Oct 22, 2020 | Global Textiles
BELIZE TRADITIONAL CLOTHING AND EMBROIDERY Many cultures are found in Belize, but the Mayans were the original natives. The designs and colors of their clothing reflect village traditions. Some wear a tzute, which is a rectangular cloth worn over the shoulder,...
by SaachiBhatia | Oct 22, 2020 | Global Textiles
Jamaican folk costumes are very bright, multicolored, organic, and breathy. Traditionally, they were made from locally produced handmade calico fabric. The pattern on the fabric was red & white plaid. An interesting piece of the Jamaican female folk dress is a...
by SaachiBhatia | Oct 20, 2020 | Global Textiles
COSTUME OF THE INDIGENOUS KUNAS The Kuna (or Guna) Indians are the indigenous people who live on small coral islands in the San Blas Archipelago along the Atlantic coast of Panama and Colombia. They were driven westward in the 16th century from their...
by SaachiBhatia | Sep 4, 2020 | Apparel, Fashion & Retail, News & Insights
The Santa Fe Indian Market had gone digital this year. Traditionally, the annual festival features Indigenous artists from across North America gathered in New Mexico to market their original creations through hundreds of stands. Although the schedule looked new this...
by Priyanka | Aug 22, 2020 | News & Insights
Singapore-based ethical label MATTER, makes clothing blending traditional textiles and adding creative flair. Distinctive prints and patterns, traditional woven fabrics made by generational artisans and a wrap pant style that seems part sarong and part origami. The...
by Manali bhanushali | Aug 10, 2020 | Global Textiles, Textile Articles
Bhutanese textiles represent a rich and complex repository of a unique art form. They are recognised for their abundance of colour, sophistication and variation of patterns, and the intricate dyeing and weaving techniques. The weavers, who are mostly women, must not...
by Preeti rautela | Aug 5, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The Handloom market in Sambalpur, Odisha has not been immune to the deadly virus effect. The pandemic has caused adverse effect on the overall turnover of the Sambalpuri Bastralaya Handloom society. According to the reports an average turnover of around 20 crore in...
by Neha | Jul 7, 2020 | Textile Articles, Traditional Textiles
A few minutes’ drive from Udhagamandalam, or Ooty as it is popularly known, will take you to the beautiful green outskirts that house the arched ‘Mundhs’, traditional settlements of the Todas. Forming one of the 18 tribal groups found in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu,...
by Neha | Jul 1, 2020 | Events Updates, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Berlin-based Japanese artist Aiko Tezuka carefully unravels and re-weaves elaborate textiles to form new shapes and patterns. In some works, the separated threads hang from the bottom edge of an intact textile in perfectly parallel lines. Others feature threads course...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Jul 12, 2019 | Traditional Textiles
D.K.T.E’S TEXTILE AND ENGINEERING INSTITUTE, ICHALKARANJI Abstract: India has given the world yoga, architecture, heritage, traditions. One more contribution that must be added to the list is fashion. India has long been a muse to the international fashion. The...