I have loved Stoned Cherrie as far back as 2004 when I was an avid reader of South African publication True Love.
The South African fashion scene is a vibrant one but StonedCherrie really captured my attention. I love the mix of fabrics and colours, they are earthy, creative, beautiful, slightly quirky and utterly feminine.
At the time, I was keeping a little sketchbook determined to take the fashion world by a storm through modern, African inspired designs. I guess you can say StonedCherrie beat me to it and now I know that it is called Afrochic. I wonder who came up with that? Another element that drew me to it was the use of old covers of Drum magazine. It’s a South African publication, begun in the 50’s, that vividly illustrates fashion at the time but more importantly dealt with the social issues facing black South Africans at the time. In a way, putting Drum on their t-shirts recognises it as part of South African history. Whoever wears it, is then quite literally carrying their history with them wherever they go. It was quite ingeneous of them to do so.
No doubt it was the brainchild of Nkhensani Nkosi who is the Founder and Creative director, not to mention acclaimed actress, television personality, host as well as entrepreneur.
Most of all, this young woman greatly inspired me with the simple yet profound words that she wanted to help redefine Africa’s image. This showed me that she wanted to show the vibrancy, unique cultures and countries with their spectrum of people that makes up the continent. What more can I say?
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October 11, 2007 at 2:40 am
Beautiful! I recently met a young Sudanese girl who has similar fashion. She is only 19, but has a great eye for style, and perfect sewing hand. Her use of color is brilliant. She will be my personal designer
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