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A Textile Conservator Explains How to Deal With Clothes Moths

March 12, 2019

A Textile Conservator Explains How To Deal With Clothes Moths

If the mere thought of clothes moths fluttering out of your closet strikes terror into your heart, imagine if your…

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What’s a Slub, Anyway?

November 21, 2016

What’s A Slub, Anyway?

Perfection has never been cool. Classical sculpture used contrapposto poses to imply a casualness (a coolness?) that rigid symmetry cannot…

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Talking Shirt Fabrics with The Albini Group

April 4, 2016

Talking Shirt Fabrics With The Albini Group

If the Scots are known for their tweed and Americans known for their denim, then the Italians are often credited…

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The Amazing World of Japanese Textile Arts

October 14, 2015

The Amazing World Of Japanese Textile Arts

After Jesse posted about our Japanese textile scarves on Monday, I found myself Googling around for more info about boro…

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Our New Antique Japanese Textile Scarves

October 12, 2015

Our New Antique Japanese Textile Scarves

Boro tends to come in large pieces. Sometimes it’s a coat, sometimes a bedspread. It’s Japanese cotton, milled in the…

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Copyright Trolling in Fashion?

October 7, 2015

Copyright Trolling In Fashion?

Fortune has an interesting article today on the surge of copyright lawsuits over textile designs. Some call it copyright trolling;…

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A Simple Guide to Fabric Care Symbols

May 15, 2015

A Simple Guide To Fabric Care Symbols

Dug this legend to the baffling pictographs on clothing care labels recently posted by TechnicallyRon, and related commentary on why…

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A Handy Fabric Reference Guide

February 18, 2015

A Handy Fabric Reference Guide

Our reader Noah points us to a handy reference guide over at the website of Huddersfield Cloth (an English cloth…

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Holding onto Textile Traditions in the Face of Economic Realities

February 10, 2015

Holding Onto Textile Traditions In The Face Of Economic Realities

Martin Fackler has a melancholy piece in The New York Times today about the traditional kimono trade in Japan, and…

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San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show

February 7, 2015

San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show

Readers in the Bay Area might be interested in attending the San Francisco Tribal and Textile Arts Show this weekend….

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Textile Arts

October 23, 2014

Textile Arts

A reader who knows about my growing interest in textile arts recently sent me a link to one of the…

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Boro: The Beauty of Thrift

September 1, 2014

Boro: The Beauty Of Thrift

I’ve become really interested in other forms of textiles lately. Lots of stuff such as Middle Eastern rugs, Navajo weavings,…

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American Quilts and Coverlets

August 18, 2014

American Quilts And Coverlets

It’s not a big jump from appreciating menswear to appreciating textiles, and the greatest of all American textile arts has…

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How Did This Fabric Get into My Shirt?

April 8, 2014

How Did This Fabric Get Into My Shirt?

Although certain shirting fabrics and tweeds get a lot of attention, we often focus on the way a shirt or…

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a short guide to the different types of Japenese textiles

June 5, 2013

A Short Guide To The Different Types Of Japenese Textiles

Jonathan at the Bandanna Almanac has a short guide to the different types of Japenese textiles to help you differentiate…

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