Aari embroidery dates back to the Mughal era when craftsmen started using hooked needles to create intricate designs. The ...

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 border depicts ...

India’s rich craft and textile heritage boasts hundreds of fabrics and techniques that reflect the history of our nation.

(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 ...

Yes, Western markets mimicked India, from English floral chintzes to French “Provençal” fabrics, but by the 18th century, Japanese printers were also producing books of Indian patterns for ...

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.

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.

(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 ...