If there is one overlooked corner of fashion history, it has to be Japanese textiles. For hundreds of years, Japanese craftspeople have made high-end fabrics from plant fibers and silk. Today, some of ...

The Japan External Trade Organization, a government-based firm, will host its first Japan Textile Salon, Jan. 17 and 18, in New York City. The event will take place at The Altman Building. A slim ...

Boro is a style of fabric mending that became known for its use of limited, natural materials. Several brands these days, from Patagonia to Reformation, upcycle their clothes to make trendy new ...

The art of Japanese Textile Making is an exhibtion on view through Dec. 9 at the Design Museum at UC Davis. Lunchables are Arts Blog features about exhibitions that can be viewed during lunch or ...

Japan External Trade Organization, or JETRO, presented a handpicked selection of 21 exhibitors for its second annual Japan Textile Salon, which touted uncommon weaving and dyeing techniques, ...

A project to create modern clothing using traditional Japanese textiles is making a splash. Mizen, led by Shunsuke Teranishi, features the fabric of 12 producers across the country. Teranishi, 43, who ...

Sudō Reiko and Nuno, Vitrine (photo courtesy the Center for Hertiage Arts & Textile Hong Kong) Growing up in a small country town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, Sudō Reiko always looked forward to the ...

Specialty: At Sri Threads in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Stephen Szczepanek deals in Japanese textiles from the early 18th century to the 20th, with a specialty in boro, traditional cloths made from ...

The rebirth of the Japanese textile industry is one of the success stories of the postwar years. With little U.S. help, the rebuilt and modernized industry produces 37% of Japan’s vitally needed ...

In Collaboration with American Chambers of Commerce (ACCJ), we host the the first arts program for 2021. It is something new from the ACCJ Alternative Investment Committee (AIC) on textile as an ...