You can walk into any thrift store and spot two kinds of fabrics: the ones that spring back to life after a good wash, and ...

Designers have often appropriated drapery or upholstery fabrics and altered them to simulate other materials. They have infused them with resin and plastic to use as room-dividers, or to make ...

I recently had the pleasure of meeting with Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, an adjunct associate professor at Pratt Institute as well as an author and researcher on smart textiles and wearable technologies.