Scarves made of hangluo gauze, a type of silk fabric produced in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo provided to China Daily] Silk has also played a significant role in Chinese interactions with the ...

In the hands of Suneet Varma, Ashdeen Z. Lilaowala and Mayyur Girotra, couture becomes personal, political, and powerfully ...

With its voluminous ivory silk taffeta skirt, puffy sleeves and 25ft train, it was the dress that defined an era. But as Princess Diana climbed out of her horse-drawn glass coach at St Paul’s ...

People have been weaving silk, which is known as si in Chinese, into fabric for more than 5,000 years. Once upon a time, when spring transitioned into summer, the Grand Canal, a vast waterway system ...

To say Arianne Bellizaire is a fan of the Italian Renaissance would be an understatement. Having just returned from a trip to Parma, Italy—a city that flourished during the 16th century movement—the ...