Hailing from South Africa, Thebe Magugu explores Africa’s storied past to inform his eponymous label’s multifaceted collections embedded into cultural honour, novelty, and uncompromising quality.

Drawing from her Jamaican heritage and her background growing up in London where she’s based, Bianca Saunders experiments with preconceived notions of masculinity to craft the hybrid timeless collections of her eponymous brand.

Blending eclectic vintage materials and handmade fabrics into awe-inspiring pieces, Marrakech-based label Maison ARTC is the brainchild of Artsi Ifrach. The self-taught designer strives to revive past memories to create future hopes.

Abuja-based designer Nkwo Onwuka has been advocating for sustainable fashion in Nigeria for a decade through her namesake label. From promoting waste-reduction, traditional crafts preservation and natural resources conservation, the label embodies their very own Philosophy of Less.

Weaving his Sudanese and French heritage into power pieces, Abdel El Tayeb is creating a nation of his own through his El Tayeb Nation brand. El Tayeb’s work celebrates diversity while addressing the complex multicultural identities of the African Diaspora.

Founded by Bamako-born designer Lamine Kouyaté, Paris-based fashion house XULY.Bët gained a reputation as a subversive sustainable brand in the 1990s with their forward-looking collections of recycled clothing turned into haute couture pieces.