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  • Ballo wooden eyewear is made locally from wood offcuts and recycled paper.
    Ballo's local labour of love
    Lookbook > Craft / Product Design
    At least 25 processes go into creating each pair of Ballo's wooden sunglasses, all carried out by hand or hand-operated machines in Woodstock, Cape Town. >
    11 May 15
  • Sojo
    SoJo
    SoJo clothing for children is fun, classic and all South African. >
    17 Feb 14
  • Banini Baby
    Banini Baby is a children’s fashion and décor brand focussing on a modern African aesthetic. >
    27 Nov 09
  • Seamstory
    Profiling > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Amanda Laird Cherry talks about how the fabric of society has changed through her past few collections. >
    1 May 08
  • Fashion revolution
    Opinion > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    After centuries of international copying, the past decade has proved revolutionary for SA fashion, writes Adam Levin. >
    1 May 06
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