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Clothes Minded is a podcast about decoding the language of fashion through the African lens. Host, Khensani Mohlatlole, a South African writer, sustainable fashion advocate and designer, explores the layers of history, culture, identity and politics woven into our wardrobes with insights from African designers, artisans, academics and industry insiders.
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Crimes of Fashion: Free Black Women in 18th Century Cape Town
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Imagine looking so good that it becomes illegal. Despite the excess of wealth, glamour and spectacle available to the settler elite in 18th century Cape Town, their biggest sartorial competition came from the 118 emancipated women of colour in the Dutch Cape Colony. In 1765, sumptuary laws were introduced, prohibiting these women from coloured silk…
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Beauty can be a knife and beauty can be a shield. In this episode, we explore the history of embroidery from Palestine to South Africa and their shared threads in documenting and resisting apartheid, uncovering the role of needlecraft in fashioning identity and healing communities. Khensani is joined by Lina Barkawi, a practitioner of traditional P…
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Welcome to Clothes Minded, a show about African history, identity and meaning told through the language of fashion. As the Ghanaian artist, El Anatsui put it: “Cloth is to Africans what monuments are to Westerners.” Join Khensani Mohlatlole as she begins a quest to uncover the cathedrals for those with eyes to see woven into the literal fabric of o…
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Clothes Minded Podcast-Design War Stories
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Sam and Kirk trade war stories about design jobs they have worked on. Including the story behind the Kanye West Miracle Whip Tee.Av Clothes Minded Podcast
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Clothes Minded Podcast Episode 5
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The birth, evolution, and cultural impact of CAMOUFLAGE.Av Clothes Minded Podcast
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Recap of 2019 and the first 4 episodes. An overview of streetwear/fashion/sneakers of 2019.Av Clothes Minded Podcast
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Clothes Minded Podcast Episode 4
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The history, evolution, and cultural impact of DENIM.Av Clothes Minded
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Clothes Minded Podcast Episode 3
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In this episode we discuss the history, evolution, and cultural impact of the T-ShirtAv Clothes Minded Posse
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We discuss the history, evolution, and cultural impact of the leather jacket.Av Clothes Minded
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