The latest range of metallic embroidery thread has been unveiled by Coats. The Coats Sylko Metallic Global Colour Reference contains 36 metallic shades in a selection of gold, silver and coloured ...

Ohio State University researchers have created embroidered circuits using metallic thread that's just 0.1 mm thick. By embedding different patterns, the tech could be used to create everything ...

The use of gold thread in embroidery is of unknown antiquity, and certainly older than the code of Manu. Indian and Chinese stuffs were interwoven with gold in the earliest ages.

Image: Gold is at the heart of Rococo Dessous' luxury lingerie line, designed with the world's first 24 karat gold thread. Photographs: Courtesy Rococo Dessous' Facebook page Move over diamond ...

At $6,000 the 'gold lingerie' isn't the most expensive piece of clothing you can purchase for your girlfriend. At $15 million, the Red Hot Fantasy Bra is the stuff that, well fantasies are made of.