October 28, 2021

Design Books That Mine the Exotic

Five new titles burrow into design’s past to reveal a universe that is ‘both perfumed and colorful.’ This article is part of our latest Design special […]
October 21, 2021

The Enduring Appeal of Laura Ashley

In 1952, a 28-year-old secretary attended a traditional handicrafts exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Inspired especially by the hand-printed fabrics she encountered […]
October 19, 2021

Sister Parish Rises Again, in a Pop-Up

No longer just for the Kennedys and Astors: The great-granddaughter of a legendary decorator wants to make interior design more accessible. Sister Parish, the grande dame […]
February 19, 2021

Could Brexit Destroy British Fashion?

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December 29, 2020

Design Works Prints From Tillett Textiles are Back

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October 2, 2020

Fungus May Be Fall’s Hottest Fashion Trend

It may be fashion week in Paris, with showgoers in face coverings parsing runway looks from the latest designer ready-to-wear collections, but several thousand miles away […]
August 10, 2020

A Designer Who Got Her Discipline From Dance

When the New York-based women’s wear designer Marina Moscone was 3, she stole her father’s burgundy leather briefcase and used it to carry around the sketches […]
August 10, 2020

The British Designer Paying Tribute to the Immigrant Experience

In 1990s South London, a young Priya Ahluwalia would watch as members of her extended family got ready for garage raves, styling themselves in matching two-piece […]
May 15, 2020

9 Top (and Stubborn) Design Trends

Being confined to my home for the last two months has led me to think deeply about subway tile. It neatly covers my kitchen backsplash, and […]
April 6, 2020

How Do You Study Microfibers? Get Creative

SAN DIEGO — Three years ago, Dimitri Deheyn noticed intensely blue stringy shapes as he examined jellyfish samples through a microscope in his marine biology lab […]