Kutowa Designs fuses European and traditional African fabrics such as cotton stretch with chitenge collars, satin lining with chitenge or chiffon with chitenge trimmings, to come up with something fresh, elegant and modern. We chat to fashion designer, Towani Clarke, to find out more about the designs.
Kutowa Designs: A Fusion Between Western and African Fabrics
25 February 2010 | 5 comments
Abigail Keats: Making Clothes For Beautiful And Powerful Women
26 August 2009
Fashion designer Abigail Keats makes breathtaking garments that make women look gorgeous but portrays them as strong and powerful at the same time. She speaks to Tiisetso Tlelima about her love for art and her journey to becoming a fashion designer.
Nigerian fabric Adire latest trend in fashion
30 June 2009 | 7 comments
Local fabrics are the in-thing in fashion today and Adire is not an exception. Recently it has enjoyed a new trend in its production – handmade prints are added making it more fashionable. Two years ago, who would have thought we would be making our jeans and skirts with Adire or any other local fabrics?
“FUCK the Rainbow Nation. Coz ’94 changed fokol.” – Blackwash
19 March 2009 | 61 comments
Blackwash is a collective of blacks who insist on hurling stones, bricks, pots, insults, spit…anything against South Africa’s whitewashing machine. They use unapologetic and vulgar t-shirts to expose the multitude of sins committed against black South Africans.