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Spanish brand Ecoalf recycles coffee, plastic, ocean waste and tyres to create its clothing lines. >

Thabo Makhetha's contemporary Starburst Coat is made from a Basotho blanket, combining tradition and modernity in a unique way. >

Maxhosa By Laduma designs knitwear steeped in Xhosa traditions and this shawl is no different. >

Activist uses hand-knitted sweaters to rehabilitate neglected chickens. >

Light projected onto the body becomes a straight-to-print design tool with Tactum. >

Behnaz Fahari imagines a garment, inspired by feathers and scales, that responds to the gaze of another. >

Italian fashion icon, Rosita Missoni looks back on her upbringing and the inherited values that now underpin her fashion empire. >

Online store pairs Indian handloomers with European designers in an attempt to change the way we make and buy clothes. >

Fashion and business icon Rosita Missoni talks about the love for her family as the driving force behind her success. >

Fashion and business icon Rosita Missoni talks about the love for her family as the driving force behind her success. >

Copenhagen-based textile designer Jo-anne Kowalski is continually learning and unlearning her way around her industry’s technologies. >

Just out of varsity and fashion school, designer Rich Mnisi has already launched his own critically-acclaimed fashion brand. >

The young designer hopes to inspire South African men to think beyond a printed t-shirt when considering their everyday style. >

Ikiré Jones debuts first full collection with a short film detailing the Nigerian heritages of the founders, designers and tailors. >

"Eskom Chic – I Got Dressed in the Dark" is a new fashion film where the models get dressed in the blackness of a loadshedding power cut in South Africa. >

The fashion designer draws from her Zulu inheritance in the design of her contemporary fashion collections. >

The fashion designer draws from her Zulu inheritance in the design of her contemporary fashion collections. >

Fashion designer Kiara Gounder integrates advanced 3D printing technology and natural shapes into her designs. >

Touring the world like the rock stars of knitting, Kaffe Fasset and Brandon Mably are two technicolour textile artists whose work explodes with bright patterns. >

Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane is going beyond regular aesthetics and redefining the creative energy in Dakar. >

Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane is going beyond regular aesthetics and redefining the creative energy in Dakar. >

Bantu Wax, founded by Yodit Eklund, is an African surf brand that breaks the clichés of blonde, blue-eyed surf babes with images from Africa's own surf culture. >

Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru uses electronic refuse and found metal to create dazzling pairs of sculptural eyewear. >

Kenyan arts collective The Nest makes impressive use of limited resources – from running a radio station out of their bathroom to making an award-winning film. >

Content is king but no one explains why quite like Shubhankar Ray, who re-engineered the brands of Camper, Levis and G-Star. >