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AAKS

AAKS is a Ghana-based accessories brand founded by designer Akosua Afriyie-Kumi. Her designs reimagine traditional Ghanaian basket bags with contemporary colour, softness, and modern detailing. Each piece is handwoven in-house by skilled artisans. The brand ensures at least 90% of...

November 27, 2025

WOTE: K.I. Design

WOTE K.I. Design is a Ghana-based fashion collective founded by Renée Neblett and Esi Ellen Otoo. Working within the Kokrobitey Institute, WOTE demonstrates how African craft, weaving heritage, and botanical dyeing can meaningfully shape the future of sustainable fashion. The...

November 27, 2025

BOYDE

Founded in Johannesburg by Samkelo Boyde Xaba, BOYDE is a contemporary luxury clothing brand known for its timeless silhouettes, architectural lines, and elegant take on minimalism. The brand has achieved local and international recognition, including winning the SA Fashion Week Scouting...

November 19, 2025

Sipho Mbuto

Sipho Mbuto is known for garments that merge architectural lines, abstract art and functional style. The brand creates small runs and made-to-order pieces using high-quality fabrics, such as organic cotton from Burkina Faso, as well as secondhand fabric from thrift...

August 26, 2025

Botanical Nomad

Ira Bekker, also known as the Botanical Nomad, creates natural dyes with locally foraged botanicals and natural fibres. Ira contributes to South Africa's slow fashion system by teaming with designers who want to create biodegradable and earth-friendly textiles. Ira also educates...

June 11, 2025

Mother of Gao

Mother of Gao is a South African brand that focuses on considerate, sustainable design across fashion and décor. Having recently debuted its first clothing collection at South African Fashion Week, the brand has grown from its origins in accessories to...

April 22, 2025

Sett & Beat

Sett & Beat is a textile design studio in Cape Town, designing and weaving small batches of homeware and bespoke textiles. The mother-daughter duo predominantly uses locally produced natural fibres to create limited-edition handwoven products. They also collaborate with makers,...

April 17, 2025

TSHEPO Jeans

TSHEPO Jeans offers a range of bespoke denim clothing and ready-to-wear products. TSHEPO Jeans was founded by Tshepo Mohlala in 2015, its ethos and crown logo taking inspiration from the three women who raised him. The brand produces functional and...

April 16, 2025

VIVIERS

VIVIERS is an ethical clothing brand that creates luxurious, handcrafted garments designed to be heirloom pieces. Garments are made-to-order and individually cut from deadstock fabric, ensuring minimal waste at every step of the design process. VIVIERS is committed to transparency,...

April 9, 2025

KnotAgain

KnotAgain is owned by two sisters who use the art of macramé to create homeware, bags, and sandals. Hlah and Linnet create each piece themselves, prioritising a no-to-low waste production chain and using natural materials and dyes where possible. KnotAgain...

February 17, 2025

DROOMER

Central to Droomer's concept of sustainability is the belief that objects should be imbued with meaning, magic, and history, moving beyond apathetic consumerism. Droomer garments are modern heirlooms—thoughtfully designed, wearable works of art intended to be passed down through generations....

February 17, 2025

Beagle + Basset

Beagle + Basset is an eco-conscious design studio, inspired by ancient methods of extracting pigment from plants to colour fabrics. The brand’s palette shifts with the seasons and what is abundantly available in nature, producing bedding, clothing, accessories, ceramics, and...

February 4, 2025

Adele’s Mohair

Adele's Mohair produces a variety of handmade yarns and accessories using locally sourced natural fibres. Every step of the process, spinning, winding, dyeing, knitting, crocheting, and brushing, is done in-house by one of the 35 multi-skilled women employed by the...

January 15, 2025

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