SHINE SHINE

There is a strong tradition of using fabrics and textiles to tell stories, commemorate important events or even communicate everyday messages in Africa. Shine Shine fabrics are a busy, bold, colourful and contemporary adaptation of this long tradition of political, religious and commemorative textile expressionism. 

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Back in 2007 designers Tracy Rushmere and Heidi Chisholm identified that people wear their shine, seen in photos for example. For Tracy a story is all about the details, it’s the small things, the shoes, a ring, sunglasses, lipstick. You get the gist? And to bring it all home, we can’t overlook Shine Shine’s motto, “Don’t stand in my light”, which came from a shoe cleaner working on the street, he kept saying to people... “Don’t stand in my light!”. Perfect! 

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Each of these distinctive tongue-in-cheek designs are printed in a certain colour way, once. Making every print run a limited edition and therefore highly desired by fabric collectors and interior designers the world over.