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Craftsman celebrates the age-old power of cross stitch

Timo Rissanen is Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Sustainability at Parsons School of Design and an avid cross-stitcher. He sat down with FashionUnited to explain how he’s making this ancient form of embroidery contemporary, reflecting the Trump era and addressing the future of the planet into the bargain. Why cross stitch? It’s a...