Hertex Couture African Influencers Fabric Collection

AFRICAN INFLUENCERS

AFRICAN INFLUENCERS

The diversity, talent, flair and flavour that define African style take shape on these upbeat Couture designs, led by four top local designers and printed on our popular wide-width viscose-linen base cloth.

Palesa Mokubung, Mareli van Zyl, Kay Abrahams of Envy & Co and Ivan McCarthy Peens of Meuble Fine Furniture bring their unique styles to this distinctive collection that’s inspired by personal passions and global trends, yet firmly rooted on the continent we call home.

PALESA MOKUBUNG

Internationally acclaimed fashion designer Palesa Mokubung has taken her signature style from the runway to the lifestyle space with four chic, custom-designed prints for the African Influencers collection, harnessing her edgy-yet-elegant aesthetic to craft a unique fabric range. “I set out to create superior prints that have African finesse and are inspired by everything that inspires me,” she says. “I’m hoping to bring some style and flair into people’s homes.”

Her eclectic designs feature everything from a dynamic monochrome inscription of her fashion label, Mantsho (Scribe), to a print that celebrates local jazz by detailing the Sowetan township houses that are home to this unique subgenre (Township Jazz). Also included are floral prints adorned with strelitzia and accentuated with African design elements (Crane Flower and Zinkwasi), and which represent Mantsho’s feminine lines and texture.

Palesa describes herself as a “lover of things” and orientates her work around her personal passions, yet always with an eye on the past, which is often sewn into her work. “I’m a sentimental person,” she says. “I keep beautiful memories with me and draw from them – that’s what makes my work authentic and makes it feel like it’s rooted in something.”

CRANE FLOWER

297cm. 70% viscose, 30% linen. 20 000 rubs. Preshrunk and double washed. Down-the-roll pattern. Dye-lot variations may occur.

Designer: Palesa Mokubung

CRANE FLOWER in Sketch

CRANE FLOWER in Sketch

TOWNSHIP JAZZ

297cm. 70% viscose, 30% linen. 20 000 rubs. Preshrunk and double washed. Down-the-roll pattern. Dye-lot variations may occur.

Designer: Palesa Mokubung hEHUK

TOWNSHIP JAZZ in Coastal TOWNSHIP JAZZ in Sketch

TOWNSHIP JAZZ in Sepia

TOWNSHIP JAZZ in Tropico

297cm. 70% viscose, 30% linen. 20 000 rubs. Preshrunk and double washed. Down-the-roll pattern. Dye-lot variations may occur.

Designer: Palesa Mokubung

SCRIBE in Ink

297cm. 70% viscose, 30% linen. 20 000 rubs. Preshrunk and double washed. Down-the-roll pattern. Dye-lot variations may occur.

Designer: Palesa Mokubung

ZINKWAZI in Sketch

IVAN McCARTHY PEENS

Softness, simplicity and serial patterning characterise Ivan McCarthy Peens’s sophisticated design Kitenge, a modern take on the tribal design trend that encapsulates his nuanced approach to minimalism. “I am a minimalist at heart, but there’s room for the style to be softer and warmer, rather than cold and clinical,” says Ivan, a former architect and the founder of Meuble Fine Furniture. For him, “less” can be both minimal and layered – and it’s an idea that he’s executed to artful effect with his contribution to the African Influencers range. By hooking into the global move towards tribal-style décor and tapping into his fascination with serial repetition – “taking one element and repeating it many times, then changing it to see how it can be something totally different” – Ivan has created an abstract rendering of a widely favoured, recognisable motif. “It feels familiar, but doesn’t have a particular intent or association with a specific place,” he says. “That makes it more relatable.”

KITENGE in Clay

KITENGE in Coastal

KITENGE in Aloe

KITENGE in Ink

297cm. 70% viscose, 30% linen. 20 000 rubs. Preshrunk and double washed. Use down the roll or railroaded. Dye-lot variations may occur.

Designer: Ivan McCarthy Peens of Meuble Fine Furniture hEHUK

KAY ABRAHAMS

Kay Abrahams of Envy & Co brings the drama, glamour and luxury that define the design house to two creations for the African Influencers collection. Mankind and Tankwa are both nature-inspired prints, but with a twist. “Instead of the designs being botanical, we looked at the land and how the organic shapes were formed – that was the inspiration for this range,” she says. “The designs are organic but have a modern feel to them.” Mankind in particular holds special significance, not just because it features Envy & Co’s signature malachite colourway, but because it was designed by the boutique design consultancy’s late creative director, Jaco Janse van Rensburg, who was fascinated by the landscape and resources of Africa. “Envy & Co has always been inspired by nature – not just the fauna and flora, but the minerals too, especially their rawness,” Kay says. “Our designs are elegant and smooth, yet always include a ‘rough’ element to give them texture.”

MANKIND in Coastal

MANKIND in Ravine

MANKIND in Soil

295cm. 70% viscose, 30% linen. 20 000 rubs. Preshrunk and double washed. Down-the-roll pattern. Dye-lot variations may occur.

Designer: Kay Abrahams of Envy & Co hEHUK

297cm. 70% viscose, 30% linen. 20 000 rubs. Preshrunk and double washed. Use railroaded. Dye-lot variations may occur.

Designer: Kay Abrahams of Envy & Co

TANKWA in Sepia

TANKWA in Aloe

MARELI VAN ZYL

Seemingly ordinary items often appear in the work of illustrator Mareli van Zyl, who doesn’t need to go far to kickstart her creative process. In fact, simply stepping into her garden opens up a world of watercolour wonder, as shown by her two leaf-themed contributions to the collection, Formation and Scatterling. “I pick up leaves, feathers, anything I find beautiful,” she says. “Often, it’s the intricacy and small details that most people don’t notice that interest me.” For the African Influencers range, she took a different approach in order to achieve a compelling effect with the repeat pattern. “I wanted to elevate the shape and simplicity of the leaves so that I could create a striking arrangement when the formations were put together,” Mareli explains. Using watercolours, she was able to produce designs that impart a sense of nature in motion.

“The medium itself is free,” she says. “Sometimes you don’t have control over it, and that often leads to better paintings.”

SCATTERLING

297cm. 70% viscose, 30% linen. 20 000 rubs. Preshrunk and double washed. Use railroaded. Dye-lot variations may occur.

Designer: Mareli van Zyl

SCATTERLING in Coastal

FORMATION

297cm. 70% viscose, 30% linen. 20 000 rubs. Preshrunk and double washed. Down-the-roll pattern. Dye-lot variations may occur.

Designer: Mareli van Zyl

FORMATION in Sepia

WAVECREST

WAVECREST in Coastal

WAVECREST in Sepia

297cm. 70% viscose, 30% linen. 20 000 rubs. Preshrunk and double washed. Down-the-roll pattern. Dye-lot variations may occur.

KWELE in Coastal KWELE in Sketch

KWELE in Tropico

297cm. 70% viscose, 30% linen. 20 000 rubs. Preshrunk and double washed. Down-the-roll pattern. Dye-lot variations may occur.

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