KABAÑ, A HOUSE OF BRETON CULTURES
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KABAÑ, MAISON DE CULTURES BRETONNES
L’Indigo de Jaipur : Héritage Vivant de l’Impression au Bloc
Jaipur Indigo: A Living Heritage of Block Printing
In a small, busy village not far from the majestic Rajput city of Jaipur, there is a family textile workshop using traditional, sustainable dyeing techniques. Fabrics dry in the sun,...
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Spinning in Leh
Ladakh Pashmina: A Precious Wool at the Heart of Nomadic Communities
They came from hundreds of kilometers around. They came down from the mountains, the glaciers and the legendary valleys of the region. In Leh, the town perched in the Ladakh...
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Les Laines tissées de la Wild Atlantic Way
Weaving Heritage on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
Nestled along Ireland’s Atlantic Way, McNutt of Donegal is a family-run mill with a rich history of crafting luxurious homewares and fashion accessories. Since 1953, this third-generation business has blended...
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Du champ à l’étoffe : Comment bien choisir un coton.
How To Pick Your Cotton
Important things to think about in the production process. There are so many things to consider when putting together a textile collection, especially if you are working to make the...
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Impression à la main, répétée, réimaginée à travers les âges
Block Print, repeated, reimagined, reinvented through the ages
As the printers wooden block makes contact with cloth, there is a slow, repetitive, deep thud of the stamp inside the craftsman’s atelier. A pattern is built up across a...
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Jamdani, un coton tissé aussi fin que l'air
Woven air: reviving Bangladesh's Jamdani weaving.
In a village nestled between Bangladesh's bustling capital, Dhaka, and the historic city of Sonargaon, a hardworking community busies itself in homes and small workshops, keeping alive the ancestral art...
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