EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 25 MIN
Episode 2: African Lace
from Severed Thread: The Decline of the Swiss Embroidery Industry
After the Second World War, interest in embroidery declined across Europe and the United States. In response, entrepreneurs began seeking new revenue streams. One such "stream" was West Africa.Links to media mentioned in the episode:STOFF - Ein Spitzengeschäft Filmhttps://filminstitut.at/filme/stoff-ein-spitzengeschaeftForget Me Not Book by Stephanie Baechlerhttps://www.stephaniebaechler.com/books/forget-me-not-vergissmeinnicht/How French Fashion Emerged even More Decadently from the Guillotined https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/01/20/how-french-fashion-emerged-even-more-Clothed in the Vapors of Dawn: The Rise and Fall of Dhaka Muslin https://open.spotify.com/episode/37eo89vyiFAa978ZoDblYtThe ancient fabric that noone knows how to make BBC articlehttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210316-the-legendary-fabric-that-no-one-knows-how-to-makeHistorical Document with Swiss Wages in 1908https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/archive_008.pdfMusic: Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound
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