DALI VILLAGE (CHINA) — The young woman sat at the foot of the wooden loom and began to weave. As her fingers passed the orange shuttle back and forth through the delicate cotton threads, the creaky ...

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KANO, Nigeria – A little indigo, a handful of ash and time. The dye pits in Nigeria's ancient northern city of Kano are said to be the last ones of their kind after five centuries of existence. Many ...

"I first came here when I was young and I enjoyed helping out," says Haroun Baffa. He comes from a long line of indigo dyers - for seven generations his family have taken up the profession here in ...

CEBU, Philippines - Indigo was once widely favored by the local weaving industry as a traditional way of adding color to fabrics due to its excellent resistance from fading or running. Yet, over the ...

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Looking around the Los Angeles community and on campus, it’s apparent that most people own at least one pair of jeans. Most of the denim sold today is pre-washed and pre-distressed or artificially ...

DALI VILLAGE, China — The young woman sat at the foot of the wooden loom and began to weave. As her fingers passed the orange shuttle back and forth through the delicate cotton threads, the creaky ...