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Fine fabrics

Inspired by goddesses, rare botanicals, insects and camouflage, these ink-dyed cotton canvas fabrics from the Room 13 Collection (1.48m wide; R860/m) are not only gorgeous but ecofriendly too! Go to room13collection.co.za.

CREATE, INNOVATE!

Wilmie Smith Cape Town Mathilde & Amélie Mathilde & Amélie was born as a result of Wilmie’s lifelong love of crafts, knitting, embroidery and needlework. “When (flea markets) during the 10 years I lived in France, I was struck by their quality and imagined the many long hours devoted to these nostalgic items,” Wilmie recalls. “I developed a desire to restore dignity to these neglected but once fashionable objects and to renew them as items that could be useful, decorative and desirable.”