Mudcloth Photo: Rachel Strohm // Burkina Faso It’s no secret that we love African textiles around here. From South Africa’s denim-like shweshwe to Mali’s mudcloth to Congo’s Liputa tradition, these fabrics represent so much more than just style. They reflect traditions and stories that help us better understand the continent. And in recent years, Hollywood has …
We’re in the midst of launching a new collection of absorbent towels and will write up more about them soon. But before that happens, we realized many customers may never have heard of the people group – the Tuareg – from which some of our towel designs come. So here’s our introduction to the Tuareg …
One way we’re telling the story of refugees is by incorporating the textiles of various cultures in our products. That why we created a Pinterest Inspiration board featuring African wax print, particularly the fabrics used by the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbors, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda. When we first started exploring African textiles, …
