For more than a millennium, many Andean peoples used an object called a "khipu" (also spelled "quipu" and pronounced "key-poo ...

The Incas used mysterious stringy objects called ‘khipus’ to record data. We just got a step closer to understanding them.

Although only 5 inches from head to butt, it sports an impressive tail of about 6 inches—longer than the rest of its body ...

Trailing behind the fluffy animal, however, is a tail longer than the rest of its body combined, more than 6 inches long, ...

Some train journeys were designed with foodies in mind, offering multi-course meals that could rival any Michelin-starred restaurant.

For this reason, the retail sector, of which apparel and textile companies are a part, tends to move along with major indices like the S&P 500, although not necessarily to the same magnitude.

Awana Kancha or 'Palace of Weaving,' is not just another alpaca farm; it's a living, breathing textile museum. You get to hang out with llamas and alpacas, but the real magic happens when you see how ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jemmy Kartiwa Sastratmaja, the Chair of the Indonesian Textile Association (API), said the textile giant Sritex’s bankruptcy is inseparable from the global economic slowdown that ...

Contemporary art comes in many shapes and forms, but close your eyes and think of what an artist looks like and nine times out of 10, I bet you are still thinking of a painter in front of a canvas.

Alicia Henry, the US artist whose textile work delved into themes of the family, beauty, the body and identity, has died. Faces and masks were preeminent in her work: Untitled, (13 female figures) ...