Varanasi, famous for silk, is fast emerging as a market for the traditional Tibetan religious robes. Tibetan religious robes made of brocket cloth and peacock feather has been given a special place in ...

Sunday afternoon saw incredible bids placed on several silk robes from China, Tibet, and South Korea. A 19th Century Chuba Robe from Tibet sold for $53,775 — obliterating a modest estimate of $5,000 – ...

Living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for centuries, the Tibetans have created their own unique garments and adornments that suit the land, the weather and the way of life on the roof of the world.

To adapt to local climate and environment, the Tibetan people living in the snow-capped plateau have developed their distinctive costumes. With unique aesthetic tastes, Tibetans have integrated the ...

The inspiration for his clothes shop came from seeing how many rural Tibetans exchanged the colorful robes they wore in their villages for ordinary city clothes when they traveled to Lhasa. "When I ...