About this book
Discusses how textiles are an integral part of the human life journey from cradle to grave in a multitude of practical, symbolic and spiritual ways. This title illustrates the many uses of textiles in our everyday lives. It outlines how textiles are a means of communication functional, political and artistic and a metaphor for transcendence.
- Social aspects
- Textile fabrics
- Clothing and dress
- Textilkunst
- Mode
- Crafts
- Textilien
- Textile design
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