"That's what embroidery is good for — surface decoration," she said. "That's how it was intended over the years." Palmer, 39, uses her needles and thread to stitch these surface decorations with ...

As she begins to embroider flowers inside a vine leaf border, Uzbek artisan Mukhabbat Kuchkarova pulls the naturally dyed green silk thread through the cotton sheet. “I go to another world when ...

In a quiet corner in the Luonan County Museum, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province was once a piece of silk embroidery, with about 180 bits of damage and 39 missing tassels. Today, the piece is ...

Lesage, a French specialty house now owned by Chanel, has been using sequins, beads and metallic threads to create explosions of color for decades. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from Paris ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. English embroidery has a long history as a storytelling medium. During the medieval period, needlework was used ...

Dubai World Cup 2025: Men's fashion, top five tips to ace the fashion races . UAE designer Varoin Marwah to Bollywood stars doles out his expert tips ...