Nearly 200 years ago, Dhaka muslin was the most valuable fabric on the planet. Then it was lost altogether. How did this happen? And can we bring it back? In late 18th-Century Europe, a new ...

Once the most valuable fabric on Earth, Dhaka muslin has now become almost extinct. Centuries on, researchers in Bangladesh have resurrected the forgotten enigmatic fabric after six years of effort – ...

King Mahendra made it mandatory for government officials to don the dhaka topi to work 60 years ago, giving the traditional weave state sanction. The fabric had been part of Nepal’s unofficial ...

Those myths may be far-fetched, but what felt real enough to touch were the myths around the fabled fabric—Dhaka muslin. Something about living in the world's largest delta through which the ...

The Dhaka resident specializes in native textiles ... redefining Bangladeshi fashion on the world stage, with her cultural fabrics, folk motifs and textiles that exude her country’s heritage ...

Once such celebrated fabric of the subcontinent is the Jamdani of Dhaka (present day Bangladesh). The Jamdani weave as we see it today is essentially a fusion of the ancient weaving techniques of ...