Andéol: Digitally printed accessories and homewares, inspired by world travels and made in Sydney

Andéol


by Emily Bihl Travel is a hugely inspirational force for textile designer Emilie Cacace, and it leads to much more than gorgeous Instagram photos of remarkable locales. Cacace’s brand Andéol utilizes…

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Cerebella Design: Patterns found in nature under the lab microscope, turned into artistic accessories

Cerebella Design


If you’ve ever peered into a microscope, it’s likely that you’ve been wowed by the microscopic world of colors and texture; the patterns of nature caught under a lens. That was certainly the case for Ariele Faber, founder of ,…

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Ledbury: 31 Days of Shirts: Three shirts and how to wear them, from the menswear label’s new collection

Ledbury: 31 Days of Shirts


Advertorial content: As fall begins to fully take over from summer, it’s a welcome time to switch up your style and swap out your sandals and boardshorts for something a bit more formal. Fall weather lends itself to experimenting with…

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Boro—The Fabric of Life : Domaine de Boisbuchet hosts an exhibition of rare household textiles made by 19th and 20th century Japanese peasants

Boro—The Fabric of Life


Around a month ago I had the privilege of visiting Sri, a private gallery owned by Stephen Szczepanek that houses an incredible archive of rare vintage Japanese textiles. While the experience was educational and fascinating, it did little to curb my appetite…

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Interview: Jay Sae Jung Oh: The designer discusses her jute-wrapped sculptural “Savage” series, environmental sustainability and her next step

Interview: Jay Sae Jung Oh


The sculptural furnishings by Korea-born designer Jay Sae Jung Oh are stop-you-in-your-tracks beautiful—a complicated, show-stopping mix of materials that references centuries-old weaving techniques and yet feels entirely unexpected. Made from discarded plastic objects woven and wrapped…

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Apparatus Studio and Zak + Fox: Tree ring-patterned wall fabric and neuron-inspired lighting from two NYC-based design teams

Apparatus Studio and Zak + Fox


This weekend at ICFF the creative pair behind the lighting design studio Apparatus, Gabriel Hendifar and partner Jeremy Anderson, showed off the…

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Kiriko: Dawn Yanagihara and Katsu Tanaka’s handcrafted accessories, made with antique Japanese textiles

Kiriko


Since its inception in December 2012, Kiriko—a joint project between graphic designer Dawn Yanagihara and Compound Gallery owner Katsu Tanaka—has taken off. A mere four months after Yanagihara and…

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Liberace Extravaganza!: Peeking inside the performer’s costume stockpile of Swarovski crystal, satin and silk

Liberace Extravaganza!


Growing up wearing hand-me-downs during the Great Depression, Liberace’s rise to stardom can in some ways be measured by his outfits. From the purchase of his first set of tails to electric costumes adorned in 4,000 light bulbs, Liberace stood alone on a…

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Indigo: The Color that Changed the World: Catherine Legrand’s definitive guide to the blue dye

Indigo: The Color that Changed the World


From the Golden Triangle to Central America, varieties of the indigofera plant have been cultivated and used in textile production for centuries. While synthetic dyes have largely replaced the lengthy and somewhat cumbersome method used to create indigo—it takes nearly a year to…

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Folk Fibers Indigo Wholecloth Collection: Hand-quilted and nature-dyed quilts from Austin’s Maura Ambrose

Folk Fibers Indigo Wholecloth Collection

Maura Grace Ambrose is known chiefly as a sage of 21st-century quilting. From her home in Austin, Texas, the young Savannah College of Art and Design graduate hand-sews gorgeous, oversized quilts from scraps and new materials, injecting the traditional domestic craft with fresh life. Ambrose has just added a…

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