Boro is a style of fabric mending that became known for its use of limited, natural materials. Several brands these days, from Patagonia to Reformation, upcycle their clothes to make trendy new ...

In 2020, you can hardly buy clothing or even coffee without grappling with the implicit sustainability of your purchase. But the question of longevity when it comes to our belongings is not a new, ...

New York architecture firm SO-IL has designed an exhibition to present a Japanese handicraft that uses remnants of hemp fabric. SO-IL created the Boro Textiles: Sustainable Aesthetics exhibition for ...

Finding, curating, and selling quality goods, while educating guys on what it is they’re actually buying, is Bureau of Trade’s mission and one they do quite well. Each week the site is bringing GQ ...

TOKYO -- Unique items such as traditional 'boro' stitched textiles are attracting foreign visitors to antique markets across Japan, as tourists return to the country in droves following its ...

Southern, African American quilts, and their distant cousins Japanese Boro textiles have distinct origins, histories, and cultural contexts, but they share some commonalities in terms of their ...

Dezeen Showroom: informed from patchwork-like Japanese Boro textiles, Ellinor Eliasson designed the Quilt rug for Kasthall to look complex and richly textured. The Quilt rug references the works of ...

MANILA, Philippines — The fashion and textile industry is the third most polluting sector globally after food and construction, accounting for up to five percent of greenhouse gas emissions, according ...

MANILA, Philippines — The multi-cultural assimilation in the Philippines is represented in "Reimagining Boro," an art exhibit curated by Stephanie Frondoso launching on February 17 at Art Informal ...