The Daegu Modern History Museum, under the Museum Operations Headquarters of the Daegu Foundation for Culture and Arts ...
Maharam is a fourth-generation family-run business that was once known for making children costume patterns. It has been reinvented by each successive generation, which probably accounts for its ...
NAHA, Japan >> Bashofu, a light, cool fabric well suited for a summer kimono, is a traditional textile of Okinawa prefecture. The production of this unique fabric relies heavily on manual labor.
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Large-scale recycling of modern textiles is now in sight

Look through your closet and you’d be hard-pressed to find a fabric that is not a blend of multiple fibers. The most common is a cotton-polyester blend: a soft comfortable material that is cheap to ...
U.S. textile and apparel factories will employ nearly 350,000 people by 2015, according to Textile World, which provides news about the industry. Laws that hold employers responsible for worker safety ...
All textile factories in the United States face intense regulation from the Environmental Protection Agency. Textile factories are second only to agriculture in the amount of pollution they create and ...
If you’ve recently visited a biennial or attended an art fair, museum, or gallery show, you’ve probably noticed that textiles are showing up everywhere amid a surge of interest in the medium. It has ...