Among life's certainties, says fashion designer Maria Bocoum, is the fact that her native Mali produces the finest dyed brocade in the world. ''It has to be soft, 100% cotton, hand-dyed and gently ...

Wu sorts out Song brocade cloth at his company in Suzhou. [Photo/Xinhua] To make the handicraft better known to the world, he has launched a research and development center in Milan, Italy to ...

Liu Xianglan, a national representative inheritor of the traditional brocade artisanship of the Li ethnic group in Wuzhishan city, South China's Hainan province, demonstrated traditional spinning, ...

Brocade is an inseparable part of life for the ethnic minorities of Vietnam’s Central Highlands. From birth to major life milestones, it accompanies every stage of existence. A newborn is swaddled in ...

At over 60 years old, Bui Thi Huong from Xom Com (Tan Lac, Phu Tho) is one of the few artisans still preserving the traditional brocade weaving craft of the Muong ethnic group. We met her at a ...

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