Weaving ikats (named for both the way of making and the pattern) is a true labor of love: the construction of warp and weft textiles—even more complicated when incorporating both, which is dubbed a ...

While original, authentic ikat dates back 5,000 years, today the term “ikat” often is used to describe the pattern that’s created via the ikat process—a blurred effect that’s employed in ...

CHENNAI: Exquisite silk ikat stoles from Thailand, jacket ikat dresses from Uzbekistan, a Cambodian ikat design of Andhra Pochampally sari, and an assortment of ...