HALI 224 is Out Now
This new issue recognises the significance of clothing as a vehicle for expressing identity and affiliation, displaying wealth, status and political views. We look beyond the lustre and surface of the cloth to explore these layers.
There are the national and religious subtexts running through Safavid figurative textiles; the influence of Sikh rule on 19th-century Kashmir textile production; North African textiles and jewellery in Marrakesh; and the outfit of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony in Dresden.
The complex web of links formed by Indian textiles is traversed, investigating a 300-year-old chintz full of grotesque creatures and soldier’s jackets destined for Siam. The Textile Museum in Washington, DC, celebrates a double anniversary; we highlight some masterpieces from its collection, including a garment incorporating both Turkish and Iranian silk fabrics. In Paris, there are exhibitions examining the eternal allure of wearing gold, and the textile influences of Charles Worth, pioneer of haute couture.
This issue can be bought through the HALI shop.
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