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CoralBloom
Jackie May

CoralBloom

CoralBloom makes nature-inspired apparel and lifestyle products. The business operates on a decentralised, demand-led manufacturing model, allowing it to support skilled local artisans, create flexible income opportunities – primarily for women – and scale responsibly while avoiding overproduction. As part...
March 9, 2026
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The Hat Factory
Jackie May

The Hat Factory

The Hat Factory is a Cape Town hat manufacturer founded in 1936 as Parisian Milliners by the Fakto family, and today run by local milliner Crystal Birch. The studio produces hats for private clients and local brands, helping to preserve...
December 1, 2025
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The Sewing Café
Jackie May

The Sewing Café

The Sewing Cafe is a South African NPC that combines sustainable clothing production with skills training and community empowerment. Operating primarily in Masiphumelele and Ocean View, the organisation trains unemployed and unskilled people while producing high-quality basics for other businesses,...
November 27, 2025
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Earth Age
Jackie May

Earth Age

Earth Age is a South African accessory and wearable art brand founded in 2020 by Amy Kunz, Elektra Georgiadis, and Ashley Wager. The brand celebrates the feminine collective, the natural world, and artistic expression through meticulously handcrafted hats, bags, and...
November 27, 2025
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Changing Facets
Jackie May

Changing Facets

Changing Facets is a South African contemporary accessory and wearable art brand that preserves and reimagines indigenous African knowledge systems. Founded in 2012 and rebranded in 2022, the brand creates culturally informed jewellery and accessories that function as living archives,...
November 27, 2025
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AAKS
Jackie May

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
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WOTE: K.I. Design
Jackie May

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
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Makhundai
Jackie May

Makhundai

Makhundaì is a Johannesburg-based fashion brand founded by designer Namhla Thiwani and named in honour of his late father, Makhulu Andile. Drawing on his Eastern Cape roots, Namhla blends a contemporary aesthetic with traditional sensibilities. Central to Makhundaì’s ethos is the...
November 26, 2025
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MMUSOMAXWELL
Jackie May

MMUSOMAXWELL

MMUSOMAXWELL is an award-winning fashion brand based in Johannesburg, founded in 2017 by Mmuso Potsane and Maxwell Boko. Specialising in ready-to-wear garments, the brand is known for meticulous tailoring and a contemporary take on African heritage. Its designs draw from...
November 19, 2025
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Wanda Lephoto
Jackie May

Wanda Lephoto

Established in 2018, Wanda Lephoto is a luxury South African fashion brand driven by storytelling, heritage, research, and process. The brand draws inspiration from the African spirit, focusing on three pillars: plurality, community, and circularity. Their mission is to create...
November 19, 2025
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BOYDE
Jackie May

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
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UNI FORM
Jackie May

UNI FORM

UNI FORM is a Johannesburg-based fashion brand founded by designer Luke Radloff. The brand is known for its elevated classics and forward-thinking silhouettes, producing slowly made pieces using techniques such as weaving, beading, and hand-sewing.
October 8, 2025
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Wren
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Wren

In 2008, Wendren Setzer founded Wren as a way to rethink conventional product development. Wren fuses paper and fabric to create durable, water-resistant textiles. Most of Wren’s paper is reclaimed waste or recycled, and occasionally new from FSC-accredited suppliers. Wren...
October 8, 2025
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Sindiso Khumalo
Jackie May

Sindiso Khumalo

Sindiso Khumalo launched her eponymous Cape Town–based womenswear brand in 2014. The label is known for its heritage storytelling, hand-printed textiles and natural fibres. Sindiso crafts garments intended to be cherished heirlooms.
October 8, 2025
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Sipho Mbuto
Jackie May

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
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