Haus Of Stone, Char Designz, and Soleil are headed to the 2025 Mozambique Fashion Week this December. The most important week in Mozambican fashion.
The brands will be part of 40+ designers showcasing their lines at the event. This will be the the 21st edition of the event and it will feature designers from both Africa and abroad.
Here’s what you should know about the 3 Zimbabwean fashion brands:
SOLEIL is the brainchild of Ropafadzo “Kuki” Mapira. The Zimbabwean fashion designer, and creative director, created the streetwear brand driven by the need for storytelling, spirituality, and African identity. SOLEIL sees fashion as both expression and prayer. It merges modern silhouettes with African craftsmanship, sustainability, and raw storytelling. The brand stands as a beacon for dreamers, creators, and believers.
Char Designz was founded by Charmaine Nziradzemhuka, who also leads the brand’s direction as Head Designer. At its core the brand believes in fashion being a powerful communicator and its tag line is, “Where sustainable elegance meets healing, memory,and soulful storytelling.” Char Designz has been a fast rising star on Zimbabwe’s fashion scene, with participation in Paperbag Africa’s I Wear My Culture, the Matobo cultural preservation initiative and an internship on the sidelines of Berlin Fashion Week.
Haus of Stone is a Zimbabwean slow-fashion brand founded by Danayi Madondo in 2018. Inspired by the fantastical, it creates understated, experiential apparel for the global conscious wanderer. The brand utilizes fashion as a vehicle to narrate contemporary Zimbabwean narratives infused with heritage and cultural nuances. Its three pillars are fostering sustainable design practices rooted in waste reduction & alternative materials, visual storytelling & tactile experimentation through traditional handcraft skills.
