
South Africa
We could all do with a little Shine Shine to lighten things up a bit. Tracy Rushmere, founder of Shine Shine fabrics, has set out to do just that. She has created a range of fabrics drawing inspiration from African textiles: commemorative, political and religious -- funky and fabulous -- eclectic and eccentric. They are all captured and brought to life by this wonderfully gifted woman, "I've been fascinated and inspired by African design my whole life and the medium that captures the spirit and expression of Africa most vividly is textile design. Shine Shine is the culmination of a working life spent surrounded by African design. It makes me happy to bring this contemporary take of an age-old Pan-African custom into being."