Imagine if the next global fashion sensation did not emerge from Paris or Milan but quietly bloomed in a lotus pond in the wetlands of Bangladesh. It may sound unlikely, but Bangladesh has achieved ...

Phan Thi Thuan extracts yarn from lotus stalks and turns the fiber into silk that is more expensive than regular varieties. My Duc District’s Phung Xa Commune, about 40 km from Hanoi, has a tradition ...

Smile and Pyae Maung are one of Myanmar’s most adored couples. She is a famous actress who hails from a film production family, and he is a scratch golfer who played for the Myanmar National Golf Team ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Recently, Bangladesh successfully developed lotus silk — a biodegradable luxury fabric — using lotus stems, merging ancient tradition with modern ...

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnamese weaver Phan Thi Thuan hitches up her trousers as she wades into a lotus paddy to gather the stems needed to make a rare and highly sought-after thread. Her great-aunt ...

Who doesn't love silk sarees? Especially women, no matter how many silk sarees they have, they keep buying more. However, have you heard of Lotus Silk Sarees? These sarees are very expensive. Do you ...

From the delicate harvesting of lotus stems to the intricate 14-step process of creating a lotus silk scarf, artisan Phan Thị Thuận shares her passion and perseverance in preserving this special art.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Lotus silk is one of the rarest fabrics in the world, produced only in small scale across Cambodia, Myanmar, and, more recently, Vietnam. This natural ...

Phan Thi Thuan started weaving when she was six in her village on the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam. Three years ago, Thuan spotted a new opportunity in weaving. She mastered the technique of weaving ...

In an era marked by climate urgency and an escalating demand for sustainable alternatives, Bangladesh has introduced a notable innovation in the textile industry: lotus silk — a rare, biodegradable ...

Phan Thi Thuan checks a lotus stem that will be processed into a rare type of silk at a pond in Hanoi AFP / Nhac NGUYEN Vietnamese weaver Phan Thi Thuan hitches up her trousers as she wades into a ...