Header image: Katlego and bridesmaids, ‘A Rustic Chic Rustenburg Wedding’, 2016, via www.bontlebride.com Did you know that shweshwe fabric is a popular choice for wedding dresses in Southern Africa? It is …
The London edition of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is back at Somerset House this October. I am particularly excited to see that Claire Oliver Gallery will be there …
Header image Photo credit – Morgan O’Donovan Have you seen or heard about the Dior Cruise 2020 collection. It caught our attention because of the sheer number of wax pieces …
Here is a selection of shweshwe dresses we have come across on Instagram. Just a bit of inspiration for your next sewing project and a way to see just how …
You might remember in our last post about the new Janet Jackson music video, we mentioned a Nigerian brand called Post Imperial whose pieces were used in the video. I am …
Ilé Ilà (translated “House of Lines”) was started by Tosin Oshinowo a Nigerian architect in 2017 to celebrate her native Yoruba culture. It is a lifestyle furniture-line designed and hand-made in …
Rain Queen Creations is a South African fashion brand founded by Keboetsoe and is based in Gauteng, Johannesburg. A lot of their pieces are made using shwehswe fabric and give it …
Arise Fashion Week, Lagos is back and here are just some of our favourite looks from the weekend of fashion and frills. Looking forward to seeing how it grows next …
There are great creatives out there designing, manipulating, sewing and combining fabric and patterns to create some pretty amazing products and art and in the first of the series, we …
At shows and events where I have Aso-oke on display, I often get asked what exactly it is and what it is used for. A lot of people are often …