Sashiko is Japanese for "little stabs". It's an amazing style of embroidery where you create a threaded pattern on fabric using visible running stitches. While sashiko can be used to design good ...

Nadine Abdel Ghaffar is passionate about fusing fashion, art, Egyptian culture- and presenting it to Egyptians and the world. Egypt’s seven-thousand-year history brings the northeastern African nation ...

Since Otzi the Iceman was discovered on a glacier near the Italian-Austrian border in 1991, his mummified body has been a constant source of study, with researchers working laboriously to discover ...

CHOLPON-ATA, KyrgyzstanCHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan — On the shore of one of the world’s deepest lakes, high up in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains, models strutted and sashayed in outfits mixing the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kristen Philipkoski covers luxury fashion, design, and lifestyle. Fashion designers and brands working with "indigenous artisans" ...

Ancient Roman general (and later emperor) Vitellius was said to have financed an entire military campaign by selling one of his mother’s pearl earrings. Back in the first century A.D., the Queen of ...

The Venice Biennale is a sweeping international survey of contemporary art that happens every two years; free-standing pavillions filled with art curated by individual countries will be on view for ...

Jewellers today are becoming bolder in their use of Ancient Egyptian motifs. Paris-based Boucheron nods to the Ancient ...

Ancient Greek Sandals has kicked it up a notch. The emerging Greece-based brand announced the launch of their first men’s collection for Spring/Simmer 2013. The 14-piece collection, inspired by Greek ...

Showcasing a blend of the flamboyant and the kitsch, the fourth season of the World Nomad Fashion Festival commenced on August 10 in Kyrgyzstan. The event features international designers striving to ...