TIGANESTI, Romania From the sanctity of a 19th-century convent, Romanian nuns weave vivid, Byzantine cloth for Orthodox priests. Now word of the sumptuous silk has reached fashion designers — and soon ...

Their work includes weaving a special fabric tape called galon, to replace the existing galon, which provides a framework on tapestries from medieval times. It s been some of the most complicated work ...

Khamson Srathong, 78, sits comfortably in front of a weaving loom under her raised-floor house in Ban Phon village in Kalasin's Kham Muang district. Despite her old age, her hands move synchronously ...

At the core of every piece of clothing you own is fabric. It probably came in an enormous sheet, spun off a loom that churns out thousands of other sheets just like it. Then, it probably got folded up ...

This summer, at a stylish, Rice Village clothing boutique, several women executives threw a networking party for fellow entrepreneurs. The guests of honor hailed from a nonprofit that includes Karenni ...