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Wool and bamboo fabric to turn heads at
[ ABC Online ]
Jun 28, 2008 'We've got wool and bamboo, wool and soybean, wool and silk, wool and acetate, wool and lycra, wool and linen and silk all mixed together,' she said. ...
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Sleep in style
[ The Daily Advertiser ]
Jul 5, 2008 The term linens is sometimes a bit of a misnomer when describing the fabric that a sheet is made of. Other fabrics that make for softer sheets are silk and ...
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Floral interiors are back in fashion
[ Times Online ]
Jul 5, 2008 Enchanted by the fresh, spriggy, twiggy fabrics now in fashion, we are more than ready to welcome florals into our homes, but these days we want our ...
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The Silk Rout
[ Tehelka ]
Jun 20, 2008 It was the opening of the Nathu La Pass in Sikkim in 2006 that ensured that swathes of Chinese silk fabric, vastly cheaper than hand-woven Indian silk, ...
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Men's Paris fashions blur gender boundar
[ The Associated Press ]
Jun 29, 2008 Fine fabrics like silk, gazar and crepe de Chine crept into the male wardrobe for spring-summer 2009 as Paris designers increasingly blurred gender ...
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So far, sew good life after Archibald
[ Sydney Morning Herald ]
Jul 4, 2008 The figure sits on a green silk quilt, surrounded by fabric birds and cast bronze totems of tiny waving hands. For a backdrop Barton has covered two large ...
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Will regular guys buy into red braces, p
[ Independent ]
Jul 6, 2008 ... soft and subtle feminine fabrics. A macho bomber jacket with chunky zips and large breast pockets is reworked in silk gazar and soft cracked leather. ...
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Rich seams Haute couture is riding high
[ Independent ]
Jul 6, 2008 A less flamboyant aesthetic prevailed at Armani, where the designer described his collection of softly tailed trousers and jackets in evening fabrics as a ...
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The Paris Accord
[ New York Times ]
Jul 3, 2008 By CATHY HORYN IN HARMONY Silk, tulle and black pumps with Lucite heels in Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel couture show. More Photos ยป ANNA PIAGGI, ...
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Buddha's Caves
[ The Daily Star ]
Jul 6, 2008 Set between Mongolia and Tibet, Dunhuang was a vital, cosmopolitan juncture on the Silk Road. Because of its gateway position, it was where Buddhism spilled ...
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Fabric, glass, wallpaper ca
[ San Jose Mercury News ]
Jul 5, 2008 Decorator Val Fiscalini used paper-backed pleated fabric that resembled silk to add elegance to the walls of a bathroom. Think it won't stand the moisture? ...
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Indigo batik captures that natural look
[ Jakarta Post ]
Jul 4, 2008 'In Japan, people now like fabrics which use natural dyes,' said Masato Kuroda, the advisor to the Royal Silk Foundation. 'Batiks in indigo colors are in ...
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