Muslin Fabric: A Timeless Textile Loved by Homes, Designers & New Parents: By Aditya Migom Doley It’s strange how some fabrics never quite fade out of memory. Muslin fabric is one of them. A light, ...

With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Mughal emperors, Marie Antoinette and Jane Austen, but long thought forever lost to ...

During summer season, we need to take special care of our clothes. In summer, we choose to wear clothes made of fabrics that are skin friendly, absorb sweat and are breathable. For this, the names of ...

In an irony of the sort that makes us laugh wryly, the British destroyed the muslin trade in Bengal, leaving nothing for the next generation of weavers to resuscitate. Yet, when it comes to its ...

The government has lined up a roughly Tk 50 crore project aimed at developing and expanding the production of muslin fabrics in the country. Under the project, styled "Bangladesh's Golden Tradition ...

The Bangladesh High Commission London’s first episode of ‘The Bangla Courtyard‘ is taking place tomorrow at the South Asia Institute of SOAS, London to showcase revival of the Dhakai Muslin. The event ...

Princess and queens asking their beloved for fabric so fine that it would pass through their rings may be part of lore but the soft, light and almost transparent muslin, a handwoven fabric whose worth ...

Researchers in Bangladesh have resurrected Dhaka muslin, a prized handloom-based fine cotton fabric, with a greater opportunity for commercial production. Production of the highly prized Mughal-era ...

Even a decade ago, Dhakai Muslin was only for museum exhibits. The tales of the fabric were as bizarre as those that reached mythical status. “A whole muslin saree can go through a single ring worn on ...