African fashion is an expression and celebration of the continent’s identities, cultures and creativity. At the recent Africa Textile Talks in Cape Town, Merchants on Long, one of the event sponsors, collaborated with Twyg to create a fashion installation to...
A gallery in Nairobi was the site of a recent exhibition titled Tradition(al). It was anything but traditional. The works of 18 African fashion designers were showcased in the Kenyan capital from 4 – 12 April, forming part of a larger Dutch initiative called the State...
Thando Ntuli, creative director and owner of MUNKUS, grew up stealing clothing from her grandmother’s closet. Now, ‘stealing’ ideas from familial generations before her is central to her design practice. “I like to create clothing that transcends time and...
Sometimes Thabo Makhetha-Kwinana likes to take a long peek inside her mother’s closets. Those spaces hold stories of tradition and custom upheld in cloth; also reminders that her own history and heritage run through each thread. “When I look at some of those outfits I...
African textile heritages hold clues to how we can change fashion and disrupt stereotypes. “African fashion is interwoven with values of ancient principles such as sustainability, respect, culture, and knowledge that couldn’t be more crucial in modern times,”...
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