Mantsho by Palesa Mokubung was the first African designer to collaborate with global fashion retailer H&M in 2019. She made history with this collaboration by giving the continent its recognition and the acknowledgment it so served. It also meant areal win for African designers.
She expresses a great love for Africa, for textiles and for women, most importantly she wanted this to bean encouragement and inspiration for all those designers who are well worth the global recognition but have not yet been discovered.
When she went to register for an art course in fashion it had been the shortest queue and it was easy to make the choice but once the choice was made, she decided to be good at it.
Her inspiration is women, the African aesthetic, and the history of fashion.
Mokubung works closely with her talented brother Mojalefa Mokubung in designing the mand the brief is to always make the flowerbloom.
