Selvedge Stories
Textile as Resistance
The exhibition Textile as Resistance, which has been on show at Texture Kortrijk in Belgium since November, will now travel to Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp, March – April 2020. Created...
Textile as Resistance
The exhibition Textile as Resistance, which has been on show at Texture Kortrijk in Belgium since November, will now travel to Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp, March – April 2020. Created...
Rethink Out Now
Image: Garments – Christine Mayer, Photography – Andreas Oettinger from Billy & Hells. Selvedge editor, Polly Leonard, introduces our new issue, Rethink, which explores the ways that we can repair...
Rethink Out Now
Image: Garments – Christine Mayer, Photography – Andreas Oettinger from Billy & Hells. Selvedge editor, Polly Leonard, introduces our new issue, Rethink, which explores the ways that we can repair...
Embroidered Silk Postcards
Image: First World War silk embroidered card from the Ephemera Collections, September 1917, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries. Via Heritage et AL. This Valentine’s Day, we take a...
Embroidered Silk Postcards
Image: First World War silk embroidered card from the Ephemera Collections, September 1917, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries. Via Heritage et AL. This Valentine’s Day, we take a...
LFW February 2020
Image courtesy of londonfashionweek.co.uk. London Fashion Week (LFW), 14th - 18th February, will open with a schedule of more than 60 catwalk shows and presentations, public shows and a talk...
LFW February 2020
Image courtesy of londonfashionweek.co.uk. London Fashion Week (LFW), 14th - 18th February, will open with a schedule of more than 60 catwalk shows and presentations, public shows and a talk...
The Red Dress
Image: Detail of The Red Dress (c) Kirstie Macleod, photographer Dave Watts. The Red Dress is a decade long travelling embroidery project (2009-2019) by British artist Kirstie Macleod. Started with...
The Red Dress
Image: Detail of The Red Dress (c) Kirstie Macleod, photographer Dave Watts. The Red Dress is a decade long travelling embroidery project (2009-2019) by British artist Kirstie Macleod. Started with...
World’s Oldest Textiles
Image: Woollen tunic, 700-800 AD. © Bolton Museum and Art Gallery. While Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh continues to draw crowds at London’s Saatchi Gallery, it’s worth remembering that...
World’s Oldest Textiles
Image: Woollen tunic, 700-800 AD. © Bolton Museum and Art Gallery. While Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh continues to draw crowds at London’s Saatchi Gallery, it’s worth remembering that...
