Posted inGifts Japan Sustainable Living Textiles
Gift Wrapping That Doesn’t Create Waste
For centuries the Japanese have used furoshiki, beautifully printed pieces of fabric. Here, two experts tell how to do it.
A Traditional Japanese Technique Creates a Jeweled Bag
Asprey presents the Hikihaku Matchbox, a clutch made of metallic threads woven by hand.
Posted inChanel SA Fashion and Apparel Handicrafts Lesage (Fashion Label) Paris (France) Textiles Viard, Virginie
Setting Off Embroidery Fireworks
Lesage, a French specialty house now owned by Chanel, has been using sequins, beads and metallic threads to create explosions of color for decades.
The High-Fashion Side of Knots
A French artist is taking macramé, the traditional technique long associated with 1970s wall art and plant hangers, to a new level.