It is something royal, rich, heavenly, exotic, erotic and sensual. The word brings to imagination all these ideas and more. The qualities of silk have no parallel. Other fabrics pale in comparison to the soft, smooth and fluid silk. This century has witnessed the invention of many a manmade fibers and artificial silks...

Rugs and carpets have a rich history, only part of which is known. Ancient rugs are very rare because the earliest rugs were made of organic fibers. Organic fibers disintegrate speedily over time, thus preservation over thousands of years is extremely rare...

When most of us think of the classic braided rug, we think of various weaves made up of yarns and fabrics. Woolen yarns and cloth scraps were the materials most widely used by early rug weavers. While it is true that rag braids and yarn weaves are the most popular and most available...

The moment you come across the term chikankari, the mind starts building images of white fabric filled with white embroidery. The designs itself are like flights of fantasy, ranging from small delicate portions to elaborate affairs. It has that irresistible magical affect in itself that one just can not resist the urge to own a piece...

The 'Shirt' and 'Bed spread' with Geometrical Diamond what you see in the photos are recently developed in Weavers' Service Centre, Bangalore. The shedding system used to produce this designed Shirt and Bed spread is not any Jacquard or Dobby or even 8 healds...

When it comes to buying ethnic clothes there are a wealth of patterns and techniques which produce really amazing designs and prints that transform simple styles into colourful unique clothes. This article talks about some of the block printing techniques that are used to produce the designs and also describes where the designs come from...