Sectioned off from rooftop tomatoes and cabbages, TMU's natural dye and fibre garden is filled with plants that were once ...

IITian patents indigo-dyed wool denim, which is sustainable, minimises water wastage and is all-weather; designer friend puts ...

The harvesting of jicalite is done in the cooler hours before dawn. They are bound, cut with a scythe and loaded into ...

Denim mills are gearing up to unveil fresh technologies, creative partnerships, and standout capsule collections at Kingpins Amsterdam. Set to take place at SugarCity on Oct. 15–16, the show continues ...

Whole Cloth Quilt with “Flying Geese” Border, an intricate quilt from early 1800s New York, is one of the more intricate ...

Victor Durand, Ever Dye, sheds light on the challenges surrounding the fastness of natural textile dyes. Learn why this issue ...

Unlike a traditional reactive dye, which might rely on urea or soda ash to pre-treat fabric to optimize the dyeing process (and copious amounts of water to wash away the chemistry post-dyeing), ...

MONCKS CORNER — The looming threat of rain didn’t stop the huzzah at Old Santee Canal Park Sept. 27, as hundreds celebrated the fourth annual Colonial Day. Liz Canada waved to visitors with a blue ...

WINNABOW, NC (WWAY) — Visitors at Brunswick Town/fort Anderson State Historic Site (BTFA) had the opportunity Saturday to learn about history while crafting. The site hosted “The Carolina Blues: ...

Visitors can get a sense of what the Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site was like in colonial times and the Civil War during two different living history programs being offered at no ...

What makes an indigo dyeing process “sustainable?” And what is the average amount of water used to dye denim today? The answer is - we do not know as there has been no benchmark to date that compares ...