Resources

This educational list of books, essays, journals, scholarly articles, documentaries and online resources is an accessible open resource designed to expand upon our knowledge and understanding of textiles and textile narratives.

Exploring Filipino Textiles: History and Fashion of the Philippines

Discover The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles unique collection.

The Devil’s Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric

Sekules, D., (2003). The Devil’s Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric. Washington Square Press.

Global Patterns: Dress and Textiles in Africa

Global Patterns: Dress and Textiles in Africa. (2012). [Exhibition]. Museum of Fine Arts Boston. April 13, 2011–January 8, 2012.

Aesthetics of Blackness? Cloth, Culture, and the African Diasporas.

Checinska, C., (2018). Aesthetics of Blackness? Cloth, Culture, and the African Diasporas. TEXTILE, 16(2), pp.118-125.