From a small town venture in the Klein Karoo, Barrydale Hand Weavers have weaved their way to the most prestigious fashion show on Earth, with its meticulous detail to quality featured prominently as part of Uni Form's latest collection at Paris Fashion Week 2024.
From a small town venture in the Klein Karoo, Barrydale Hand Weavers have weaved their way to the most prestigious fashion show on Earth, with its meticulous detail to quality featured prominently as part of Uni Form’s latest collection at Paris Fashion Week 2024.
fast forward to 2023: Radloff was named GQ Magazine’s top designer and won the Nicholas Couts Artisanal Fashion Award, which focuses on designers who create fashion that foregrounds the skills of garment workers and local communities., Radloff was then selected as the first laureate of the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation x Orveda residency programme in October last year, where he gained rare access to a collection of works by the greatest couturiers on the planet.
‘The privilege I enjoyed to go through Mr Alaïa’s own collection and the original work he collected of Coco Chanel, Christóbal Balenciaga, Madam Grey and other top couturiers made me realise more and more that I had to push to include a collaboration with the Barrydale Hand Weavers at the Paris Fashion Week,’Not long after, Radloff returned to Barrydale where he and the local loom masters of Barrydale Hand Weavers developed the range that took Europe by storm.
From a humble weaving company, birthed by Kate and Arran Bastable in the Karoo Art Hotel nearly two decades ago, Barrydale Hand Weavers today not only produces world-class textiles for homes but is also a source of sustainable income for more than 30 families.Looking for things to do in the city at half the price? Let these great offers inspire you and fuel your imagination! Get them