Como is the center of Italian silk production and serves the world's top fashion houses. But competition from China and changes in the luxury market are shaking up the textiles industry. Walking ...

Like many traditional Jewish brides, Dora Piperno wanted to give her future husband a tallit — a Jewish prayer shawl — as a wedding gift. With one difference: She wanted to give him a tallit made of ...

SILK CUT: As it prepares to show its cruise collection on Italy’s Lake Como, Chanel has invested in a historic local silk producer as part of its ongoing policy of supporting long-term manufacturing ...

It has been forty years since Italy’s world-renowned silk makers were forced to abandon the last spinning mills on Italian soil, becoming victims of an increasingly competitive Chinese market. But now ...

Editor’s Note: This feature is part of ‘Details,’ a new series that captures the creation of some of the world’s most intricately made objects.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed up his country Saturday to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an ambitious trillion-dollar transcontinental trade and infrastructure project. The ...

Silk-FAW, a joint venture between Italian startup Silk EV and Chinese auto giant FAW, on Monday provided an update on its plans to design and manufacture a range of exclusive, high-performance ...

The touring exhibition, "Italian Contemporary Art and Artists on the Silk Road", began in Italy, the end point of the ancient Silk Road.[Photo/CRI Online] An Italian contemporary art exhibition at the ...