Asharq Al Awsat The Royal Institute of Traditional Arts (Wrth) participated in the Saudi Cultural Week at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, from July 12 to 15. The event aimed to enhance the international ...

In Michiko Tsui’s childhood home there was a room dedicated purely to embroidery. It was there that her mother, Fumiko Saito ...

These fabrics are made with a technique called “hogushi nassen,” in which warp threads are temporarily woven together and dyed using stencils. The finished fabrics are colorful, with cute designs, and ...

An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass ...

Modern society finds expression in the use or consumption of the excess and most importantly in the alteration of the self for the public profiles. Artist Viraj Khanna, who draws from a family legacy ...

A vivid exploration of Japanese influence on Polish culture shows how Zen principles, Noh and Kabuki stagecraft, and even ...

In her transcultural collection for Expo 2025, Polish designer Joanna Hawrot reimagines the kimono as a radical expression of ...

For her Venetian nuptials with billionaire Jeff Bezos, author Lauren Sánchez Bezos ditched "sexy" garb for a traditional Sophia Loren-inspired dress.