“All these ladies had evidently put her down as an applicant for the vacancy, and they were taking stock of her, undressing her with...

For a long time, linen has been considered an expensive and luxurious fabric in many different cultures around the world. As one of the...

Craft organizations, universities, and businesses are ripe with inequities, appropriation, and oppression and in producing Woman...

Spider silk is awesome because of its strength. Darwin's Bark Spiders from Madagascar and Golden Orb Spiders of Australia make silk 10x...

When the first all women spacewalk was cancelled in 2019 due to the spacesuits not fitting them correctly, a problem was highlighted: for...

Sculpture, Architecture, Urban Design, Material Science, Structural & Aeronautical Engineering, and Computer Science (1) all play a part...

“I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.” – Zaha Hadid. It was definitely from fearless...

The story of the Social Justice Sewing Academy started in 2017 when Sara Trail quilted a piece in memory of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old...

Awareness around the origin of our food has risen over years, and it is now rather easy to gauge the quality of the products we consume....

In 1960, the Aral Sea was the 4th largest lake in the world and represented about twice the size of Belgium. Since then, it has shrunk so...

“I’m interested in textile and graphic design, but I’m not trying to do design myself. I’m trying to make things that help me (and...

Racka sheep (Hungarian breed) 1. Sheeps probably descend from the wild mouflon. 2. Sheeps reproduce quickly : they reach sexual maturity...

Forced labor, underpaid wages, factories collapsing... This was enough for Chinese, Indian or Bangladesh factories to acquire a...

The designer in 1934. Credit...Archives Charlotte Perriand 2013 Le Corbusier “[doesn’t] embroider cushions” and that’s why he didn’t hire...

When Textile Meets Biology Human textile. This was the mysterious name of a research conducted last year at the University of...

Take a second and look at what you are wearing. If you look closely you can see the individual yarns that are likely woven together to...

Textile, painting, fashion, theatre decors and costumes, interior design, illustrations, advertising… This is the non exhaustive list of...

“It is really strange that Saudi Arabia is the only country where you see men selling women’s lingerie. Women walk around covered from...

Weaving, Knitting and Braiding to Create Medical Implants 5000 to 3000 BC. That’s when textile started being used for wound closures. At...

Silk dyed as part of Project Coelicolor; Image: Toby Coulson We should all know the name, Natsai Audrey Chieza. In the face of an...