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Selvedge Magazine: The fabric of your life: texile in Fashion, Fine Art, Interiors, Travel and Shopping.

26/07/2025

London Textile Month:

Pop Up: India's Leading Contemporary Designers
Friday 19 September, 11 - 5 pm

Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St, London W1G 7LP

This June, the UK government announced a sensation of import taxes being levied on clothing and textiles imported into the UK, a game-changing development for the fashion industry. In celebration of this, and to coincide with London Fashion Week, Selvedge will present the first Indian Pop Up in the city. Showcasing eight of India’s leading designers, all working in the realm of handcrafted contemporary clothing.

Taking place at Asia House, a grade II listed Georgian townhouse with a bespoke gallery space that is only a stone’s throw away from London’s central shopping districts. Asia House is a prestigious cultural institution connecting Asia and Europe. Their mission, to build political and business connections that foster long-term, sustainable relationships, makes this an excellent partnership to host the first London showroom.

Spanning three days, the showroom will first open its doors to buyers from leading stores and boutiques, offering a private opportunity to explore and place orders for their Spring/Summer 2026 collections. On the final day, fashion enthusiasts and Selvedge readers are invited to meet the designers, place orders, and even shop select pieces ahead of their store debuts.

The showcasing designers include Soham Dave, Eka, MAKU, Paiwand, Padmaja, Injiri, RaasLeela and Ka-Sha.

Join us in London, and witness ancient techniques dancing with contemporary design, in a moment where fashion history is being written in real time. Don't miss your chance to be part of this groundbreaking celebration of artisanal excellence.

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26/07/2025

Picture this: Mediterranean mornings, cobblestone wanderings, and the perfect hat that follows your heart wherever it leads.

Meet Mature Ha. - the Japanese millinery brand that understands the romance of effortless travel. Founded by Masayuki and Yuki Takata in Kobe, they've spent 20 years crafting hats for the modern wanderer who refuses to compromise between style and adventure.

Their love letter to travellers everywhere? The revolutionary Boxed Hat - made from 82% soft braided paper that folds completely flat into its own little treasure box. Pack it in your carry-on for Venice, unfold it days later in Santorini, and it emerges as perfectly shaped as your holiday dreams - from sunrise beach walks to sunset aperitivos.

Artisanally crafted in Japan, each piece whispers of morning markets, seaside cafés, and those golden hour moments when everything feels possible.

One lucky wanderer could be the winner of a Mature Ha. Paper Brisa Weave Capeline hat as part of this issue's prize draw. Enter now via the link under 'Community' on the Selvedge website, and let your next adventure begin.

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26/07/2025

London Textile Month:

Workshop: The Art of Appliqué with Yasmeen Branton
Wednesday 24 September, 10 - 4 pm.

Goldsmiths Textiles Collection & Constance Howard Gallery, London.

Ready to fall in love with needle-turn appliqué?

Join textile artist Yasmeen Branton from .and.stars for a beautiful 6-hour workshop dedicated to this timeless hand-sewing technique.
Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to expand your stitching skills, this is your invitation to slow down and create something magical with your hands.

Yasmeen's journey from childhood sewing to the Royal School of Needlework, plus her work in film and TV embroidery, brings incredible depth to her teaching. Her calm, supportive approach helps makers discover the pure joy of working with needle and thread.

What awaits you:

Master the elegant needle-turn appliqué technique and explore colour and pattern to bring designs to life.
You will create your own piece using thoughtfully designed patterns, and experience the meditative satisfaction of hand-stitching.

All materials provided , and all skill levels are welcome.
Book now - limited spaces available! Follow our London Textile Month Link in Bio, or head to Events on the Selvedge website to get your ticket.

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26/07/2025

From the fields of Gordes to the art world: Meet French textile artist Aurore Pélisson, whose ancestral connection to the land shapes every thread of her work.

Born into a farming family in the Luberon, Pélisson carries childhood memories of breathing in the rich earth and marvelling at exceptional landscapes. This deep reverence for nature naturally led her to plant dyeing.

Her journey took her from Applied Arts through fashion design to studying natural colours at Couleur Garance, and even to London where painting English skies sparked her exploration of "immateriality and the invisible." Now, working from her studio, she treats every textile piece like a work of art, whether it's a monumental 30-meter silk installation or an intimate shawl.

Currently evolving her practice to work exclusively with second-hand and local resources, Pélisson is "unleashing the painter" within - making her own inks and embracing bigger, bolder gestures.

Read more in NATURE TABLE by Deborah Eydmann, Selvedge Issue 125, Mediterranean.
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2/ Immatérielle, textile installation, The Célestins Church, Avignon, 2013. Silk muslin dyed with indigo.
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4/ Olivia Thorden rubie

25/07/2025

Join Nadia Albertini and embroider a Sequinned Flower, in this forthcoming Selvedge Online Workshop.
Saturday 1 & 15 November 2025, 2 - 5pm GMT

With a background that spans continents and couture houses, Nadia Albertini brings both technical mastery and deep historical insight to her embroidery practice. Taught to stitch by her grandmother at the age of seven in Mexico City, she went on to study textiles in Paris, earning her MA from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and now pursuing a PhD in fashion embroidery archives at the prestigious École Nationale des Chartes.

Over the years, Nadia has collaborated with leading fashion houses including Chloé, Chanel, Balmain, Marc Jacobs, Schiaparelli, Dries Van Noten, and The Row—developing embroidery designs steeped in historical reference and contemporary elegance. She works with artisans around the world, from Paris to Italy, India, and Madagascar.

In this exclusive Selvedge online workshop, Nadia invites participants to explore a forgotten corner of embroidery history through the work of Jean François Bony—an 18th-century French artist and embroiderer who created designs for Marie Antoinette, Empress Joséphine, and Napoleon.

Together, you’ll examine one of Bony’s original motifs from a court dress sample made in Lyon around 1800, and reinterpret it as a sequinned and polychrome silk flower, rich with detail and historical resonance. The final piece can be worn as a brooch or used as an appliqué - ideal for dressing up an evening coat or holiday outfit.

Combining storytelling, technique and textile heritage, this two-part workshop offers a rare opportunity to learn from one of today’s most thoughtful embroidery voices.

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25/07/2025

London Textile Month:

Panel Discussion and Screening, The World of Bengal Textiles with Weavers Studio Resource Centre
Thursday 18 September, 4 - 6 pm
The Nehru Centre, 8 S Audley St, London W1K 1HF

Textiles from Bengal – A Shared Legacy is a landmark project and publication that illuminates Bengal’s extraordinary textile traditions from the 14th to the 20th century. Initiated by Weavers Studio Resource Centre (WSRC) and four years in the making, the project draws from public and private collections across India. It culminated in a two-day symposium, a museum-grade exhibition in Kolkata; and a richly illustrated book published by Mapin in 2025. Edited by Sonia Ashmore, Tirthankar Roy, and Niaz Zaman, the volume spans 31 chapters and curated catalogue entries by leading historians, curators, and scholars, tracing Bengal’s legacy beyond muslins, Jamdanis and Balucharis to majestic Satgaon Quilts, Block Prints, Decorative Santipuris and Tangails, cross-border weaver migrations and colonial disruption.

The book seeks to reignite curiosity and awareness, and to restore Bengal’s textile heritage to global scholarly and design conversations. It will be touring the UK and Scotland with academic and cultural engagements across institutions like the London School of Economics, The Nehru Centre, V&A East, Whitworth Gallery, and the National Museum of Scotland.

At the heart of this initiative is Weavers Studio Resource Centre—a not-for-profit trust founded in 2007 in Kolkata by Darshan Shah. The Centre is a knowledge bank, archive, and research hub documenting over 1,500 rare textiles and 2,500 volumes. WSRC’s mission bridges preservation with innovation, creating a living continuum between past traditions and contemporary textile practice.

Programme to be confirmed - watch this space for more details.

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24/07/2025

London Textile Month:

Workshop & Demonstration: The Art of Block Printing with Tess Grace of the Indian Block Print Company
Wednesday 3 September, 10 - 4 pm

Goldsmiths Textiles Collection & Constance Howard Gallery, Deptford Town Hall, Goldsmiths, University of London, SE14 6AF

Join Tess Grace, founder of The Indian Block Print Co., for an immersive exploration of the centuries-old craft of Indian block printing. This hands-on workshop will introduce you to the rich heritage of this traditional textile art, where intricate designs are carved into wooden blocks and hand-printed onto fabric using natural and vibrant pigments.

After a demonstration from Tess, guests will have time to experiment with a variety of hand-carved blocks, patterns, and colours. Once they have explored different techniques, they will create a final design and print it onto a fabric item of their choice. This could be a set of napkins, a tea towel, or another beautiful textile piece to take home.

Whether you’re a textile enthusiast, a creative beginner, or simply curious about the craft, this workshop offers a chance to slow down, connect with a mindful making process, and appreciate the beauty of handcrafted design.

Discover the joy of pattern, colour, and tradition with Tess Grace in this inspiring session celebrating the artistry of Indian block printing.

All materials provided, and all skill levels are welcome. The venue is fully wheelchair accessible. You will leave with an appreciation of this traditional art form, a unique hand-printed textile piece of your own, and the confidence to continue exploring block printing at home.

Book your tickets vis the selvedge.org website. Head to Events - Textile Month to join this inspiring event.

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24/07/2025

Perched within the labyrinth of Venice, Chiarastella Cattana’s studio is its own secret enclave - an “island within an island,” where decades of Italian textile tradition entwine with the pulse of now.

Her textiles begin in structure before they whisper in pattern - a play of tubular yarns rising like gentle reliefs, patterns pared back with a modernist’s restraint yet anchored in craft that stretches back centuries. Ornamentation here never distracts but deepens the fabric’s story.

Every fibre she chooses speaks in provenance: European linen that breathes history, cotton and merino wool spun with care, cashmere and silk that glide with understated luxury. Sustainability for Cattana is grammar, not decoration - a woven ethos that threads through each choice and gesture.

Beyond the studio walls, partnerships with Italy’s artisan ateliers keep hand embroidery alive, and weaving traditions fresh with renewed purpose, offering a livelihood within the community.

These are pieces that reward the slow gaze, each object a repository of memory and meaning, spun and woven into the flow of time.

Don't miss the opportunity to enter our Issue 125 prize draw for the chance to win a handwoven Chiarastella Cattana blanket. Head to our website via the link in bio.

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24/07/2025

In an era dominated by neon lycra and shoulder pads, Romeo Gigli dared to drape. Glistening silks in rich warm hues, high Victorian collars, and pointed kitten heels wrapped the body in mystery rather than revealing it.

Gigli’s garments encased his models in stories. Some hug the form with wrinkles and folds, others billow like a Renaissance painting, and a few stand alert like an exotic bird mid-display.

Looking back, his work feels suspended in a dream – cloaked in the gauzy light of 1990s photography and yet rooted in something far older: the primal human act of wrapping. From the peplos to the sari, Gigli’s draping recalls ancient practices where cloth is shaped not by scissors but by instinct – guided by the hands, the body, and intuition.

Read more about the art and life of Romeo Gigli in Selvedge Issue 125, Mediterranean, in an article written by Liz McClellan.

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23/07/2025

London Textile Month. September 2025.

Coming soon! A new celebration of cloth, craft, and culture across London.

Curated by Selvedge, this inaugural edition brings together artists, makers, brands, and institutions for a month of workshops, exhibitions, talks, and open studios – spotlighting the textiles that connect us all.

The event programme brings together textile enthusiasts, makers, and designers across the interiors and fashion industries for dynamic hands-on experiences and conversations, telling the stories behind the most sustainable and beautiful textiles.

To find out more about our inspiring roster of events, and to book your tickets, head to our link in bio, or pop across to Events > Textile Month on our website.

We cannot wait to see you there!

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23/07/2025

At Selvedge, literature is as central to our world as the textiles we feature. Just as a carefully woven cloth holds memory, skill, and story within every thread, so too does a well-chosen book. Each title in our collection is selected with the same attentiveness one might use to pick out a rare fabric: guided by care, curiosity, and an instinct for what endures.

We believe in words that last - in stories that speak across generations, and in ideas that pass from hand to hand, like heirlooms of thought.

From quiet reflections on craft and culture to bold re-imaginings of the handmade, the books we choose are more than just companions; they are tools, treasures, and threads that connect us to wider worlds.

So browse slowly, linger over a sentence, let yourself be surprised. Whether you're drawn to the rich legacy of textile history, the energy of contemporary making, or the quiet power of a new voice, we hope you’ll find something here to nourish your imagination and weave into your own creative story.

Head to the Shop on the Selvedge website to explore our thoughtfully curated selection of books - a literary celebration of cloth, culture, and craft.

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22/07/2025

London Textile Month:

Open Studio and Exhibition Walkthrough: Divine and Mythical Creatures at the Royal School of Needlework
Wednesday 24 September, 2 - 4 pm

Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, KT8 9AU.

Beneath the gilded spires of Hampton Court Palace, something spellbinding stirs.

Step beyond time's threshold for an extraordinary afternoon at the Royal School of Needlework with Divine and Mythical Creatures, a new exhibition from the RSN's historic Collection. This launch-day experience opens doors to both the exhibition and the world-renowned Embroidery Studio - rarely seen by the public.

From fire-breathing dragons to winged angels, unicorns and celestial beasts, this mesmerising collection reveals embroidery's fascination with the imaginary. Stitched in silver and silk across centuries, these fantastical beings show how myth becomes material and thread becomes magic.

Begin with an illustrated talk by curators sharing enchanting stories behind the objects. Discover how needlework renders the invisible - giving form to dreams and divine visions - as designs passed from medieval devotionals to fashion's grandest gowns.
Then explore the exhibition within the RSN's Embroidery Studio, examining these wondrous creatures up close with expert guidance.
Finally, gain rare access to the RSN Studio itself: a sanctuary of stitch founded in 1872, where embroiderers create for royalty and restore historical treasures.

A journey through time, imagination, and artistry for lovers of embroidery, folklore, and beauty.

Book your tickets online at selvedge.org - Events - Textile Month

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