Issue 224 · Summer 2025
Textiles and dress
HALI 224 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.
Highlights from this issue
A selection of 5
- FeatureCostumes from locations across the African continent
- FeatureRise and fall of the gentleman's robe
- FeatureThe history of rare costume treasures of the Saxon Electors
- FeatureThe influences behind Kashmir shawls of the Sikh era
- FeatureTurkmen women’s clothing