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SHOP LOCAL-ish
The most unique local lifestyle brands and products that will guide, motivate and inspire you to express your identity.
KABO CRAFTS
Under the creative guidance of Katrin Bockmühl, Kabo Crafts employs local craftsmen and women who create truly Namibian home decor and accessories. Located on the top floor of the Namibia Craft Centre, you will spot Kabo Crafts with its distinct paper mache and wire animal wall mounts from a distance. Other awesome items in this shop include decorative plates showcasing unique Namibian aesthetics, as well as detailed hand-carved wood coaster sets. The Kabo Crafts workshop on farm Krumhuk predominantly uses recycled materials.
Instagram: @kabocrafts
Available at the Namibia Craft Centre in Windhoek
GODDESS MA
Accessories complete any outfit, but a handbag is utterly essential! Just because we need them to carry all our things is no excuse for the bag to be drab. Goddess Ma are specialists in beaded handbags, every colour, shape and strap length or style imaginable. Sporting one of these hand-made bags is sure to elevate any outfit and garner compliments. The Goddess Ma range features structured, bucket-like bags as well as their more malleable sister. Think chequered, butterfly accents, pearl bead handles, and heart shaped bags. Goddess Ma’s creativity is endless and the price point even more alluring.
Instagram: @goddess_ma_
NAKA
Did you know that our sense of smell is responsible for triggering 75% of our emotions? With a sense this strong, we ought to be paying attention to the scents we give it! NAKA allows you to choose your home’s scent from a range of three unique fragrances that come in a lovely collection of reed diffuser, room mist, scented candle and soy wax pellets. The Enchanted Garden scent has notes of citrus, frangipani and amber. Citrus Paradise features lime, lemongrass and cedar. The Cosy Cabin fragrance includes honeysuckle, cashmere and musk. Take your pick of these beautiful products and develop your very own core memories associated with the smell.
Instagram: @naka_namibia
TODIA THRIFT
Perhaps Windhoek’s very first REAL thrift shop – Todia Thrift is the plug for high quality, vintage and secondhand clothes. If you need any more convincing, floor to ceiling rails filled with coats, skirts and shirts line the walls of the shop, making for one of those thrilling, digging-for-a-gem shopping experiences. Daily updates on the shop’s social media alert you of stock drops, highlight some show-stopping items, and inevitably lure you into the store where you will surely find a pre-loved staple. Todia Thrift also wholesales large bales of secondhand clothing, for those looking to establish their own shop or simply feed a healthy appetite for thrift.
Instagram: @todia_thrift
Windhoek West, Purcell street
