Thebe Magugu, a 25-year-old South African designer known for powerful and politicized women’s wear collections inspired by the social complexities of his home country, has won the 2019 LVMH Prize for emerging talent. He is the first African designer to be awarded the prize, the most lucrative in …
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Spanish Luxury Brand’s Limited Edition Bags Fight for an African Cause
In today’s world it is rare not to think of international luxury brands using African design elements as cultural appropriation. But the recent collaboration between Loewe and the ‘Knot On My Planet’ (KOMP) campaign and its global ambassador Doutzen Kroes has made a notable contribution in changi…