Silk is a luxurious, natural fabric known for its smooth texture, warmth in winter, and coolness in summer. While delicate, it requires special care, including dry cleaning, to preserve its color and ...

When looking at a silk kimono, thinking about how each thin thread was once contained within a cocoon changes the way you see ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Humans have been making silk for centuries. It's a coveted textile for gowns, sheets, and robes. But why is it so expensive? Silk is the product of ...

India generates 4000 MT of silk waste annually, mostly used in low-value yarns. A new initiative now converts this waste into silk non-woven fabrics using needle punching, enabling diverse, ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Lotus silk is one of the rarest fabrics in the world, produced only in small scale across Cambodia, Myanmar, and, more recently, Vietnam. This natural ...

“They can’t fly,” says the manager of the Brochier Soieries silk shop in the old quarter of Lyons, France. “Their bodies are too fat. Or their wings are too big. Or something. Anyway, they’d never get ...

Painstakingly woven from the cocoons of silkworms, silk has been valued for more than 4,000 years as a luxury material. More than just beautiful, silk is also lightweight, strong and biocompatible, ...

Why the Fabric Underneath Your Head Matters at All Cotton pillowcases have a short, irregular fibre structure. Under a ...

What comes to mind when one hears “Rajshahi”? Its clean streets, famous mangoes and, of course, silk. For generations, ...

How does a single thread become fabric, and then clothing?A story following "From Cocoon to Sea." Twelve-year-old Chiyo Oribe ...