A collection of rare textiles, many not seen by the public for decades, have been revealed at the Paisley Museum to mark the launch of the PaisleyMake Festival of Creativity and Design.

Trendy fabric pattern names. ... • Paisley is no longer a preppy 1980s throwback. Its form is more flowing and typically more feminine than it used to be.

Paisley-style shawls are shown in the early catalogues and when they started printing their own fabrics in the 1880s, paisley ... It was in the 19th Century that the paisley pattern first ...

“Paisley, A Princely Pattern” shows examples of those early Persian paisley patterns in tapestries, shawls and fabrics, many of which come from the permanent collection of the museum’s ...

From there, the paisley print made its way to Europe, where manufacturers were keen to find a cheaper alternative to the production of imported fabrics during the 19th century.

It’s funny how widely paisley associations skew these days. One minute, the swirly, twirly, multicolored, originally Kashmiri pattern has you thinking about its establishment lineage (Hermès ...

Both are marked by the use of the iconic pattern, whether that comes in the form of a jacquard-knit motif on a cotton and wool-blend shawl collar coat, a paisley jacquard fabric hobo bag ...

The town of Paisley, Scotland, eclipsed Norwich and Edinburgh in shawl production in the early 19 th century, thanks to pattern piracy, fast-evolving labor structures, and early adoption of the ...

Try selling a brightly colored paisley pattern quilted cotton handbag to anyone below the age of 40. Paisley doesn’t exactly scream “hot Millennial trend!” But for Vera Bradley (VRA), the ...

It was in the 19th Century that the paisley pattern first attracted a rebellious, progressive following. Its story was part of a wider “dialogue” between eastern and western cultures at the ...