Textile hub Bangladesh revives muslin, the forgotten elite fabric. Flowing garments woven from the cloth were worn by Mughal rulers before the fabric enchanted European aristocrats.

Nearly 200 years ago, Dhaka muslin was the most valuable fabric on the planet. Then it was lost altogether. How did this happen? And can we bring it back?

Muslin cloths work by mopping up all the cleanser, makeup and dirt on your face, with the added benefit of also exfoliating and buffing away any dead skin. Like most things in life, ...

So to revive Dhaka Muslin, we needed to find this rare and possibly extinct cotton plant,” said Monzur Hossain, the botanist who led the effort. His team consulted a seminal book on plants by the 18th ...

Every culture has its own identity, sometimes through a craft or uniqueness that it is known for. In the late 18th century, Dhaka became known for making Jamdani muslin, “the finest cloth ever ...