With a cup of strong coffee in hand, I open the French doors and step outside onto the terrace of my room at Villa Bokéh. It’s just after sunrise, and the six-acre garden that surrounds this recently ...
I have spent almost two decades researching and working with Maya women weavers in Guatemala, and I just spent the last year living there. People often ask me if it’s worth buying Maya textiles as a ...
Sep. 19—A project more than 40 years in the making that displays clothing traditions from Guatemala is now available for viewing at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Just in time for ...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A Guatemala-born designer combined Indigenous weaving technique, modern clothing design and colorful history from her native country in a recent Texas runway showcase. The display ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Modern bursts of color meet ancient weaving techniques in a new line of textiles from Cleveland’s Dittohouse brand, in collaboration with Trama Textiles, a cooperative in Guatemala.
In the BOH series What I Love, we’re asking designers to build us a mood board of what’s inspiring them right now. Growing up in Maryland, Regan Billingsley was surrounded by Provençal flourishes and ...
For first-time visitors to the heart of Central America, Guatemala can feel like multiple trips in one. Smoke plumes from volcanoes along the Pacific. Lush forests engulf the north. And in the ...
For more than 1500 years the basic technology of Maya weaving has remained the same. Contemporary Maya weavers still use the backstrap loom to create the dazzling textiles and clothing they wear today ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nadja Sayej writes about fashion, celebrity and pop culture. Nowadays, it feels like every city has their own fashion week. With ...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Guatemala-born designer combined Indigenous weaving technique, modern clothing design and colorful history from her native country in a recent Texas runway showcase. The ...