BOOK - Fabrics

Fragile or resistant, colorful or diaphanous, light as air or heavy brocade with gold threads…. The object of all metamorphoses, fabric embodies an infinity of cultures, with ancestral and avant-garde know-how.What makes the fabric of a fabric? Difficult to say, as its wealth is based on the quality of its threads, the depth of its colors, the choice of its weave or the splendor of its patterns. However, throughout the pages of this abundant work, in images as in lighting, some of its multiple singularities emerge.From the fiber that constitutes it, to the dyeing, through its weaving and printing, its particularities spring forth, nourishing the imagination and the exceptional know-how, ancient or contemporary, of fashion designers and textile publishers. Silk or horsehair, shell byssus or glass thread, brocade, damask, jacquard, tweed, tartan…this book transports us from surprise to discovery.