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Toda embroidery from the Nilgiris is recognised for geometric patterns stitched in contrasting threads on cotton cloth. Learn about its community heritage, distinctive technique and respectful ways to ...

At the end of October, I held an embroidery workshop in a different location than usual🧵This time, one person was absent, so ...

Toda embroidery, a tribal art from Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiri Hills, features intricate, reversible designs on cotton shawls called Poothkuli. Using red and black threads on off-white fabric, motifs like ...

Simply sign up to the Fashion myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. What story can a dress tell? For Sarah Burton, creative director at Alexander McQueen, the narrative behind the ...

They once stitched in village courtyards for free. Now they stitch for top fashion labels and earn lakhs. Here's how women artisans have turned embroidery and other skills into full time careers.

Art may often be a wildly creative individual effort. It may be a religious practice. And it may also be a laborious process using hard-won skills. As art historian Yuhang Li explains, women’s ...