A new exhibit entitled "Dressing History: Fabric of War" is now on display at the Pensacola Museum of History. It explores how fabrics have shaped the American military experience, from clothing ...

OLD FASHION A garment's genesis -- from a twinkle in the designer's eye to a trendsetting item on every store's rack -- was a long and inefficient process. One prototype of a single design could take ...

Suffragists watch as Alice Paul sews stars onto banner. The “story of textiles is the story of human ingenuity,” wrote Virginia Postrel, author of “The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the ...

In 2005, during a Matisse exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Decorative Arts curator Amelia Peck was asked to help explain the origins of a particular piece of blue printed fabric ...

Connie Richman, of Westminster, wasn’t particularly familiar with the story of the Star-Spangled Banner, but her interest was piqued when a member of her quilting guild mentioned a chance to help make ...

History and art are on display this summer at The Ringling, which is showcasing the cultural heritage of Indian textile art in a special exhibit. “The Fabric of India” features 140 textile works from ...

The history of Jo-Ann Stores Inc. 1943: German immigrants Hilda and Berthold Reich and Sigmund and Mathilda Rohrbach open the Cleveland Fabric Shop. Hilda Reich and the Rohrbachs' daughter, Alma ...