Trends

Mention African design, and mud cloth, batik prints, animal skin, scary masks and clay pots come to mind. But there is a whole new style of African design emerging. Alternative African design is going to be big in 2017 because there is a new wave of creativity coming from the continent in unexpected and original ways.

As a child, I was fascinated with feathers and I can honestly say that I still am. So you can imagine my excitement to see them popping up everywhere from t-shirts to wallpaper.

Every season there is some colour that is The New Black. I’ve even seen a t-shirt recently claiming that coral is it. And as much as I love coral, I doubt that it has the power to claim the throne. But grey, now there is a tough contest. So is grey the new black?