While Chikankari is the embroidery technique, “Lucknowi” is a broader fashion tag. It refers to anything in clothing and embroidery that originates in or is inspired by Lucknow.

Traditional Spanish Market artists weave, carve, etch, and paint a mosaic of cultural influence spanning centuries.

The vestments, created by the House of Hansen in former Cardinal Robert Prevost's hometown, were made of an ecclesiastical damask by the brand Da Vinci.

Rosemary S. Davies, 91, of Marstons Mills died peacefully on July 6, 2025. She was predeceased by her husband, Wayne Davies. Rosemary was the ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass “for the care of creation” on the grounds of the Borgo Laudato Si’ ecology center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 9, 2025. The vestments Pope Leo XIV is wearing were new ...

Why, 200 years ago, was a five-year-old girl in Scotland painstakingly embroidering her idea of Australia, and what can lessons are hidden in her work?

The chasuble also featured a golden brocade orphrey — a vertical band along the vestment’s front — bordered by a green and gold knotted embroidery pattern and capped by a circular yoke. Pope Leo XIV ...

The pre-Renaissance painter’s fresco cycle depicting the life of the saint in Assisi, Italy, took an innovative, vibrant approach to celebrating the holy man.

His chosen name was the first thing that represented his papacy, since Francis of Assisi dedicated his life to poverty and his simplicity, and Pope Francis tried his best to keep that image, ...

Some vestments take up to 1,000 hours to complete, using natural materials, hand embroidery, and historical techniques. While for Sorcinelli, Vatican indeed was his most prominent canvas, his atelier ...

St Francis of Assisi Anglican Church $2m rebuild proposal after demolishment in 2022 fire An Anglican Church in Adelaide’s south could be rebuilt, three years after it was severely damaged and ...