We are excited to announce that we have the brand new shweshwe colourway in stock! It is colourway 191 and is a simply gorgeous mix of blue, orange and green against a black background. It makes for a rather handsome range of fabrics. You may have noticed that we name the shweshwe patterns here on …
Our fabric of the week is a colour combination; turquoise and chocolate brown. We have a selection of shweshwe prints in this particular colour and there is something just so rich and even regal about the combination. They work beautifully together, as well as on their own. We even sampled the Wiksten Kimono Jacket in …
Looking regal in a shweshwe dress at the recent wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markel. Princess Mabereng Seeiso of Lesotho is a member of the Royal Family of Lesotho. She is the wife of Prince Seeiso of Lesotho and the sister-in-law of King Letsie III of Lesotho. Want to know a little bit more …
Shweshwe aka shoeshoe aka isishweshwe is a printed cotton fabric that is manufactured in South Africa. The formal name for shweshwe is ‘Indigo-dyed discharge printed fabric’. It is a trademarked fabric and is manufactured by Da Gama Textiles in the Zwelitsha township outside King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is printed …
We have brand new Shweshwe Fabric from South Africa in stock. A lot of circle and geometric based motifs but also a new floral which is proving to be popular already. We have also restocked some bestsellers like the Lion Head shweshwe, back by popular demand. Just click on an image to take you to the product …
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 …
Social Fabric is a British Museum touring exhibition which explores how the textiles of eastern and southern Africa document the changing times, fashions and tastes of the region. Bringing together kanga from Kenya and Tanzania, and shweshwe from southern Africa the exhibition reveals how these fabrics express the social, political, religious, emotional and even sexual concerns of …
