You expect to see cozy cashmeres and soft shearlings on the fall runways - but felt? This most utilitarian of textiles, mostly associated with fedoras and furniture pads, has gone posh. Fashioned into ...

France is known for its perfume, Italy for its leather and Scotland for its whisky, to name a few famous exports. One that may not be as well-known is Kyrgyzstan and its wool. In the Naryn and ...

Liam Lee’s designs often look like something that could come from the concept drawing for a futuristic sci-fi film. He sculpts furniture and dimensional textiles from brightly colored wool he hand ...

IN Mongolia, felt-making is a communal affair: women and children beat freshly sheared wool with sticks and sprinkle it with water, then horses drag it through a field. It’s a centuries-old tradition ...