Cape Town - IsiShweshwe is synonymous with traditional African clothing. But what many don’t know is that this ethnic-print cotton fabric has its roots in the East. An exhibition at the Iziko ...

Isishweshwe, the ethnic- print cotton fabric synonymous with traditional African dress, is never more elegant than when Bongiwe Walaza gets her hands on it. Her mix ’n match versions of it ...

Brought to Africa by German settlers, the humble cotton ”isishweshwe ... summery 1950s-style dresses and highly tailored reinventions of the traditional regalia of the Xhosa tribe.

Shweshwe – also known in Sesotho as shoeshoe for King Moshoeshoe – was once used to create simple traditional dresses, but has now become part ... the writer of the book isishweshwe: A History of the ...

She and Queen Silvia were both in traditional dress, while King Carl Gustaf, 77, opted for a casual tan-coloured suit jacket and dark trousers. Victoria donned a red and gold skirt, decorated with ...