For the opening look of his highly anticipated debut collection at Dior in June this year, creative director Jonathan ...

Have you ever come across a stitch that just makes you go “ooh, that’s pretty!”? That’s exactly what happened to me with the ...

In Scotland’s hills and islands, textile traditions touch on sustainability and local pride while making a mark in high fashion. In this 1955 photo, a weaver in the Outer Hebrides is shown producing ...

Weavers of Ireland's famous Donegal tweed have called for a special protected status for their product, as the craft industry battles a raft of cheaper imitations branding themselves as "Donegals".

County Donegal, a region of breath-taking beauty in Northwest of Ireland is synonymous with tweed. For centuries, every farm hand-loomed its own wool after harvest. Now, most of that tweed is ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Fifty-odd years ago, my late father arrived home with a brown jacket. It cost him a month’s wages, which my mother ...

During shooting weekends in the Scottish highlands, Araminta Birse-Stewart often finds herself biting her tongue. The textile weaver, who counts King Charles III as a client, can’t resist scrutinizing ...

Traditionally made from wool, tweeds are simply patterned woven textiles made with a variety of colored threads. While primarily a woolen fabric, tweed can also be made with wool blends, cotton, and ...