Pleats Please: The Story of The World’s Oldest Fashion Technique : Episode #57
Jo Andrews
There’s a fashion technique that’s been in continuous use for over five thousand years – proof, if proof is needed, that there is nothing really new in fashion. We have tunics that survive from the time of the Pharaohs in Egypt that use it and you can see it still in the catwalk collections of today.
The Quilts That Hold The Heart of Hawai’i: Episode #56
Jo Andrews
What happens when one of the most traditional museums in the world decides to revolutionise the way it presents the story of the past? The answer is not only a riot of craft and colour, but a reminder of the crucial role of textiles in framing our cultures.
Tapestries for Troubled Times: Episode #55
Jo Andrews
The stitches of the Bayeux Tapestry fix the story of the Norman Conquest of England in our imaginations in an extraordinarily charismatic way. But nearly a thousand years later modern stitchers are picking up their needles to reframe their stories in just as powerful a fashion, showing that textiles can rewrite our histories.
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