Mbali Creations.

Mbali has worked in a clothing manufacturing company where she worked closely with senior pattern makers. She has been trained and has skills in pattern making, garment construction, trend research, creative designing, and storyboard compiling. Her clothing is made of traditional fabric called ibhayi, she works with the traditional Xhosa line patterns when she designed a Xhosa man’s skirt (see fig 1 and fig 2) and she incorporates beadwork in her garments to create other patterns, she also creates jewellery that is of cultural and traditional aspects using her creativity in terms of the colour combinations (see fig 5) without losing the meaning of those pieces of jewellery, she is sticking to the cultural significance of those pieces of jewellery (see fig 4). Her jewellery is mostly traditional adornments where she uses turquoise blue, red and white where she made beaded anklets (see fig 5) She sells her garments and jewellery through a company called The wild coast trading co. it is a sales-based company in cape town.

  

Figure 1 - Xhosa man’s wrap skirt. [ONLINE]

Figure 2 - Traditional ibhayi man’s top. [ONLINE] 

Figure 3 - beaded Xhosa vest. [ONLINE]

Figure 4 - Idayimani headband for man. [ONLINE]

Figure 5 - Xhosa beaded anklets for man.[ONLINE]