Everyone talks about the Roman/Byzantine Empire ... funneling wealth from the colonized to the colonizer, as Spain’s silk trade with China and Britain’s cotton schemes with India prove.

Call it a happy accident that the exhibition “Worth, Inventing Haute Couture” opens at the Petit Palais in Paris two days ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The man who would become Pope Francis always bought his shoes in the same small store. And now, ...

has been used for everything from the robes of Byzantine emperors to the parachutes of World War II paratroopers. In ancient China, the birthplace of silk, it became luxury paper, a medium for ...

It was in the silk market where the San Nicolas Primary ... Described as a casa vizantina, the house was unique for its Byzantine-like main portal and entresuelo balconies. The house has since ...

Papal footwear Rather than adopt the typical papal shoes — red velvet or silk — as pope ... with an orthopedic sole — a far cry from the Byzantine era, when pilgrims customarily kissed ...

The monks then presented the eggs to Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in Constantinople, where he created a thriving silk industry. Silkworms reached Italy through Sicily in the 12th century ...

Rather than adopt the typical papal shoes — red velvet or silk — as pope ... shoes with an orthopedic sole — a far cry from the Byzantine era, when pilgrims customarily kissed a decorative ...