The kebaya, a piece of clothing traditionally worn by women across Southeast Asia to cover their upper body, is something of a fashion icon for the region. Highly fashionable at the turn of the ...

To Obin, the fabric means glamour ... including the use of hand-woven silk instead of the usual cottons. When, at the age of 31, she finally opened a small outlet for her designs in central ...

Woven clothing was being produced on looms 27,000 years ago ... Professor Soffer told BBC News Online that twining can be done by hand but plain weave needed a loom. It may be that many stone ...