I have spent almost two decades researching and working with Maya women weavers in Guatemala, and I just spent the last year living there. People often ask me if it’s worth buying Maya textiles as a ...

An up-and-coming market for fashion and interiors textiles, Guatemala is producing some of the world’s most intrinsically-patterned cotton fabrics, rich in natural dyes. Here are three mills leading ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 19—A project more than 40 years in the making that displays clothing traditions from Guatemala is now available for viewing ...

With a cup of strong coffee in hand, I open the French doors and step outside onto the terrace of my room at Villa Bokéh. It’s just after sunrise, and the six-acre garden that surrounds this recently ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Guatemala-born designer combined Indigenous weaving technique, modern clothing design and colorful history from her native country in a recent Texas runway showcase. The ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s textile industry is betting exports will rise 6 percent to $1.6 billion this year, helped by rising U.S. demand for its staple knitwear and other apparel, a top official ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Modern bursts of color meet ancient weaving techniques in a new line of textiles from Cleveland’s Dittohouse brand, in collaboration with Trama Textiles, a cooperative in Guatemala.

For more than 1500 years the basic technology of Maya weaving has remained the same. Contemporary Maya weavers still use the backstrap loom to create the dazzling textiles and clothing they wear today ...

When Guatemalan textiles saturated the United States in the 1990s, longtime importers Giancarlo Magnago and his wife, Nancy Locks, were ready for it. They had begun to import finely woven baskets by ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A Guatemala-born designer combined Indigenous weaving technique, modern clothing design and colorful history from her native country in a recent Texas runway showcase. The display ...