SAN NICOLÁS, Mexico — A mystery lies behind the origin of the distinctive forms depicted in the elaborate embroidery stitched in San Nicolás, a pinprick of a mountain village in the central Mexican ...
When Cristina Lynch speaks about embroidery, she isn’t talking about a fleeting fashion trend or a technique that embellishes fabrics. For her, the word evokes a feeling of reverence, with fabrics ...
Colcha is a type of embroidered textile in which a long stitch is tacked down with a series of angled cross stitches on a piece of woven fabric. “That makes it specifically colcha, as opposed to any ...
This Friday the Mexican delegation has released the long-awaited gala uniform with Oaxacan embroidery at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games. See this post on Instagram A publication ...