Guesthouses along the Silk Road: a tradition of welcoming travellers From Surkhandarya to Bukhara, Samarkand and Tashkent, guesthouses offer travellers a chance to experience Uzbek hospitality and ...

The birth of Krishna, celebrated last night with much joy across the country, is a sign that the Indian festive season has kicked into high gear. In Bengaluru, it also means that it’s time to pull out ...

Despite Dr. Toral's caveat on a lack of long-term studies or evidence, the overarching answer is that silk and satin pillowcases do contain benefits for your hair and skin. And the reasoning is pretty ...

Marathon has three different currencies that form the backbone of the economy of items, loot, and cosmetics. One of the most important is SILK. This currency has a limit on how much you can earn, ...

If you're accumulating silk in Marathon, but you have no idea what it does or don't know how to use it, you've come to the right place. Marathon has a few different currencies to get to grips with, ...

Generations of women have reached for a little silk square as an essential accessory, but this season, the foulard is getting freaky On a drizzly July day in Paris, an Olympic-swimming-pool-size silk ...

Somewhere in Michigan, 10,000 silkworms are spinning the future of supermaterials. They labor in the thick air of a warm, humid warehouse, pulling a sticky white strand from a gland in their face and ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Frances Solá-Santiago Frances Solá-Santiago is a writer covering style. She’s ...

Tougher than steel, lighter than cotton, and stubbornly elusive to produce. For decades, spider silk has been the material science has long promised but never quite delivered at scale. Now, a Michigan ...

Shimmering like spun gold, sea silk fabric is so lustrous that some believe it inspired the Greek legends of Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece. For centuries, artisans in the Mediterranean have ...