Depending on the quantity of ankara print you have bought in an order, you may get a piece of fabric that has the manufacturers label on it. This sticker usually appears on the first 1-yard section of a 6 or 12 yard length piece of fabric. We stock GTP fabric from Ghana and you may …
I have always thought of this print as a leopard print and even saw someone describe it as a giraffe print (yes I know, a giraffe print doesn’t spring to mind so quickly. I had to Google to remind myself of the pattern). African prints, over time acquire different names in different African countries and …
We’ve got some really exciting news! We now stock Shweshwe fabric from South Africa. We are starting with a selection of 10 new prints from the Three Cats range. Shweshwe or shwe shwe is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used for traditional South African clothing and now for even more uses. Originally dyed indigo, the fabric is now produced in a variety of …
What is Aso-Òkè? Aso Oke (pronounced ah-SHOW-kay) is short for Aso Ilu Oke which literally interpreted means clothes from the countryside. It is also sometimes refereed to as Aso-Ofi. Ofi refers to the seat of the weavers sit on when weaving the cloth. It is a hand woven cloth made mostly by the Yoruba tribe of south west …