The Paisley Design Checks In

The paisley design, once so prevalent in the 60's, is making a return to the fashion world. Sometimes called "Persian pickles" by American elders and quilt makers, paisley is a droplet-type motif that resembles a leaf of the mango tree. It has also been called "Welsh pears" in Wales as far back as 1888 by the textile manufacturers there and "cashmere" after the region of Kashmir where it originated. It is one of the most recognized patterns in the world, originating in Persia (now Iran) but it's named for the Scottish town of Paisley. Illiterate villages in India long ago would use it as a symbol to tell people it was time to harvest the crops, inking the side of their fist and stamping the shape in places where people would notice it.

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