Originally worn by Indian laborers, madras became a staple of preppy American fashion in the 1960s after advertisers spun its tendency to bleed in the wash as a selling point.

Fabric has far-reaching significance in Indian society, but it also plays an important role in the home, providing comfort, warmth and privacy in interiors that typically lack freestanding furniture.

Today, in a more globalist moment, a new exhibition at the ROM uses the same collection, now strategically enlarged, to track the influence of Indian fabrics as they moved around the world.

The world of Indian textiles is vast and varied, with each technique and tradition holding its own charm and significance. Some of these beautiful techniques are mentioned below: ...

Indian Embroideries: 4 Flowy Folklores Of Fabric And Threads A needle and some threads can always glam up the attire with the fresh, flaring rootstock of conventional embroidery art.

Madras became a staple of preppy American fashion in the 1960s after advertisers spun its tendency to bleed in the wash as a selling point.

(CNN) — On the cover of Lisa Birnbach’s “The Official Preppy Handbook,” a tongue-in-cheek 1980s guide to looking, acting and thinking like a US prep school elite, a pattern along the ...

(CNN) — On the cover of Lisa Birnbach’s “The Official Preppy Handbook,” a tongue-in-cheek 1980s guide to looking, acting and thinking like a US prep school elite, a pattern along the ...