Textile news

Clothworkers

Inside the V&A Clothworkers' Centre

The V&A is very fortunate that it’s well known for its dress and textiles collections, so often we get approached by collectors and people who have items and objects that they would like to donate to the museum.

pineapples

Forget cotton – make textiles from banana and pineapple

Cotton makes up a third of fibre consumption in the textile industry, and the cotton production industry is labour intensive and involves a lot of sweat, chemicals and fresh water.

Textile feature

bobbins

Galashiels base for Scottish Centre of Textiles agreed

Galashiels in the Scottish Borders has been selected as the site for a national centre of textiles, which is hoped will boost the reputation for Scottish textiles.