Preparing the Wardrobe for a Season of Rest
A practical guide to organizing the storage of wool garments, distinguishing between fabrics and following the specific instructions on each label.
Fashion
William Morris and the Rhythm of a Repeated Motif
A practical guide to observing visual structure in textiles, inspired by V&A documentation on William Morris's experimentation.
What a texture tells you before choosing a garment
A surface can offer clues about technique, pattern, and material, but it does not by itself determine how a garment will feel or how long it will last. Learn to look with curiosity and to distinguish what you know from what remains to be discovered.
Looking at Indian Textiles Without Reducing Them to a Single Style
A guide to approaching the material diversity of Indian textiles, reading museum record information, and distinguishing documented data from personal preferences.
Observing Textiles: A Museum Guide to Mindful Looking
An invitation to explore the Victoria and Albert Museum’s textile collection through original observation exercises, separating documented facts from editorial suggestions.
A texture archive with clothes you already own
A practical guide to observing your garments with the same attention given to textiles in museums, distinguishing between technique, structure, and material.
Caring for a wool garment starts with its label
A practical guide based on Woolmark's recommendations for interpreting care instructions, distinguishing textile structures, and organizing the maintenance of wool garments without resorting to universal assumptions.
Kimono: the relationship between form, color, and context
A guide to observing how form, obi, and decoration relate to the cultural context of each kimono, without attributing universal meanings to their motifs.
Print and Embroidery: Learning to Look at the Surface
A guide to distinguishing decoration, structure, and material when consulting textiles: what the V&A documents, what you can observe, and what is best left as an open question.