Designer Sarah Nakintu Dishes on Her Functional, Chic and Highly Covetable Handbags
ESSENCE: When did you know that you wanted to design handbags? SARAH NAKINTU: When I started to travel. I found that there are very few functional bags for women who travel and work in urban areas. ESSENCE: What makes your designs unique? S.N.: The first thing is the African influence you see in our […]
Wacy Zacarias gives a platform to African artists to tell their stories through textiles
What started as a final project for her masters degree ended up in a resolve to create African textile designs sourced and produced in Africa. Wacy didn’t like that white people didn’t value African culture, talent and beliefs and all they cared about was the money our fabric could bring. According to her, the African […]