Designer jeans, casual chic, short pants—fashion is full of oxymorons. And the conundrums even extend to what goes into design, too. Ralph Lauren, Levi’s and Gap are among the contemporary brands ...

Broadly speaking, shibori techniques create intricate resist patterns via fabric manipulation prior to dyeing. Depending on fabric construction and desired pattern, designers will tie, twist, fold, ...

For me, crafting is so much fun because it gives me an excuse to constantly learn new skills and put them to the test. Learning new skills is sometimes carefully arranged and planned out, but then ...

What’s old is indeed new again — at least when it comes to the ancient Japanese craft of shibori. Although the method of resist-dyeing cloth dates back to around the eighth century, it has been ...

With approximately one hour left in the three-hour shibori dyeing class, most of my classmates seemed happy with their sample pieces dyed in various patterns. Even with the samples done, I saw only ...

NEW YORK – From tablecloths to duvet covers, iPhone cases to wallpaper and startling calf-skin wall hangings, the ancient Japanese resist-dying technique of shibori has gone mainstream. “The stillness ...

There are many ways creative ways to customise cloth. You might be familiar with tie-dye, a technique that involves tying fabric and dipping it into a vat of liquid pigment. There’s another approach, ...

THE STREAKY CHARMS that have made ikat the ethnic fabric of choice are being challenged by the unpredictable blots and blurs of its Japanese cousin, shibori—a resist-dyeing tradition that dates to the ...

Move over, ugly Christmas sweaters, a new fashion is in town – shibori sweaters. The Japanese technique of shibori dyeing has been around for centuries, and its concept is very basic. Shibori is the ...

The “Nike x Rit Shibori Tie-Dye Kit” marks another innovative collaboration in the realm of fashion and creativity. This partnership between Nike and Rit Dye is not their first, but it certainly ...