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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Jane_in_brown_shweshwe.jpg/170px-Jane_in_brown_shweshwe.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Jane_in_brown_shweshwe.jpg/255px-Jane_in_brown_shweshwe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Jane_in_brown_shweshwe.jpg/340px-Jane_in_brown_shweshwe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3417" data-file-height="5159" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sotho_people" title="Sotho people">Sotho</a> woman wearing a brown shweshwe dress</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Shweshwe</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span></span>/</a></span></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Textile_printing" title="Textile printing">printed</a> <a href="/wiki/Dye" title="Dye">dyed</a> <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> <a href="/wiki/Textile" title="Textile">fabric</a> widely used for traditional <a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern African</a> clothing.<sup id="cite_ref-Rochlin_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rochlin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally dyed <a href="/wiki/Indigo_dye" title="Indigo dye">indigo</a>, the fabric is manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns.<sup id="cite_ref-deVillemarette_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deVillemarette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rovine_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rovine-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Davie_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davie-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to its popularity, shweshwe has been described as the <a href="/wiki/Denim" title="Denim">denim</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Davie_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davie-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Tartan" title="Tartan">tartan</a>, of South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-MamaAfrika_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MamaAfrika-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shweshwe&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2008-02-09_Xhosa_women.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/2008-02-09_Xhosa_women.jpg/170px-2008-02-09_Xhosa_women.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/2008-02-09_Xhosa_women.jpg/255px-2008-02-09_Xhosa_women.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/2008-02-09_Xhosa_women.jpg/340px-2008-02-09_Xhosa_women.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Xhosa_people" title="Xhosa people">Xhosa</a> women in <a href="/wiki/Folk_costume" title="Folk costume">traditional costume</a> wearing <a href="/wiki/Indigo" title="Indigo">indigo</a> shweshwe aprons</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xhosa_traditionally_dressed_women.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Xhosa_traditionally_dressed_women.jpg/170px-Xhosa_traditionally_dressed_women.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Xhosa_traditionally_dressed_women.jpg/255px-Xhosa_traditionally_dressed_women.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Xhosa_traditionally_dressed_women.jpg/340px-Xhosa_traditionally_dressed_women.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="763" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Xhosa_people" title="Xhosa people">Xhosa</a> woman wearing a head scarf made from <a href="/wiki/Indigo" title="Indigo">indigo</a> shweshwe (on the right)</figcaption></figure> <p>The local name <i>shweshwe</i> is derived from the fabric's association with <a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a>'s King <a href="/wiki/Moshoeshoe_I" title="Moshoeshoe I">Moshoeshoe I</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Kuper_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuper-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Holmes_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holmes-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also spelled "Moshweshwe". Moshoeshoe I was gifted with the fabric by French missionaries in the 1840s and subsequently popularised it.<sup id="cite_ref-Kuper_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuper-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Futhwa_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futhwa-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Joyce_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joyce-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is also known as <i>sejeremane</i> or <i>seshoeshoe</i> in <a href="/wiki/Sotho_language" title="Sotho language">Sotho</a> as well as <i>terantala</i> (derived from Afrikaans <a href="/wiki/Helmeted_guineafowl" title="Helmeted guineafowl">tarentaal</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-Futhwa_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futhwa-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>ujamani</i> in <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a>, after 19th century German and Swiss settlers who imported the <i>blaudruck</i> ("blue print") fabric for their clothing and helped entrench it in South African and Basotho culture.<sup id="cite_ref-Davie_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davie-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kuper_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuper-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Joyce_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joyce-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Iziko_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iziko-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shweshwe&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shweshwe is traditionally used to make dresses, skirts, aprons and wraparound clothing. Shweshwe clothing is traditionally worn by newly married <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_people" title="Xhosa people">Xhosa</a> women, known as <i>makoti</i>, and married <a href="/wiki/Sotho_people" title="Sotho people">Sotho</a> women.<sup id="cite_ref-Holmes_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holmes-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Futhwa_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futhwa-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Miti_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miti-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Xhosa women have also incorporated the fabric into their traditional <a href="/wiki/Ochre" title="Ochre">ochre</a>-coloured blanket clothing.<sup id="cite_ref-MamaAfrika_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MamaAfrika-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bryant_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bryant-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aside from traditional wear, shweshwe is used in contemporary South African <a href="/wiki/Fashion_design" title="Fashion design">fashion design</a> for women and men from all ethnic groups,<sup id="cite_ref-Rovine_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rovine-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Holmes_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holmes-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Iziko_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iziko-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as for making accessories and upholstery.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also used in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Quilting" title="Quilting">quilting</a> fabric.<sup id="cite_ref-deVillemarette_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deVillemarette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fulton_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fulton-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shweshwe&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brown_shweshwe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Brown_shweshwe.jpg/170px-Brown_shweshwe.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Brown_shweshwe.jpg/255px-Brown_shweshwe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Brown_shweshwe.jpg/340px-Brown_shweshwe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2446" data-file-height="1608" /></a><figcaption>Chocolate brown shweshwe</figcaption></figure> <p>Shweshwe is manufactured with an acid discharge and <a href="/wiki/Roller_printing_on_textiles" title="Roller printing on textiles">roller printing</a> technique on pure <a href="/wiki/Calico_(textile)" class="mw-redirect" title="Calico (textile)">cotton calico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-deVillemarette_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deVillemarette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rovine_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rovine-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Holmes_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holmes-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is printed in widths of 90 cm, in all-over patterns and A-shaped skirt panels printed side by side. The fabric is manufactured in various colours including the original indigo, chocolate brown and red, in a large variety of designs including florals, stripes, and diamond, square and circular geometric patterns.<sup id="cite_ref-MamaAfrika_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MamaAfrika-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Joyce_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joyce-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The intricate designs are made using picotage, a <a href="/wiki/Pin" title="Pin">pinning</a> fabric printing technique rarely used by contemporary fabric manufacturers due to its complexity and expense, although the design effects have been replicated using modern fabric printing techniques.<sup id="cite_ref-deVillemarette_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deVillemarette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Previously imported to Southern Africa from Europe, the <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademarked</a> fabric has been manufactured by Da Gama Textiles in the <a href="/wiki/Zwelitsha" title="Zwelitsha">Zwelitsha</a> <a href="/wiki/Township_(South_Africa)" title="Township (South Africa)">township</a> outside <a href="/wiki/King_William%27s_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="King William's Town">King William's Town</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape">Eastern Cape</a> since 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-Kuper_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuper-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Holmes_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holmes-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Futhwa_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futhwa-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Joyce_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joyce-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1992, Da Gama Textiles bought the sole rights to Three Cats, the most popular brand of the fabric made by Spruce Manufacturing Co. Ltd in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, and the original engraved copper rollers were shipped to South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-Bryant_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bryant-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Da Gama Textiles has made shweshwe from cotton imported from <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a> and grown locally in the Eastern Cape.<sup id="cite_ref-Miti_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miti-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fulton_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fulton-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The local <a href="/wiki/Textile_industry" title="Textile industry">textile industry</a>, including shweshwe production by Da Gama Textiles, has been threatened by competition from cheaper inferior quality <a href="/wiki/Counterfeit_consumer_goods" class="mw-redirect" title="Counterfeit consumer goods">imitations</a> made locally and imported from <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Holmes_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holmes-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Joyce_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joyce-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Miti_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miti-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The genuine product can be recognised by feel, smell, taste, sound, a solid colour from dyeing and trademark logos on the reverse side of the fabric, a smaller than average 90 cm fabric width and stiffness of the new fabric from traditional <a href="/wiki/Starch" title="Starch">starching</a> which washes out.<sup id="cite_ref-deVillemarette_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deVillemarette-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rovine_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rovine-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Davie_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davie-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Iziko_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iziko-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As at November 2013, shweshwe production by Da Gama Textiles had reduced to five million metres per annum.<sup id="cite_ref-Davie_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davie-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shweshwe&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Scott_(singer)" title="Jill Scott (singer)">Jill Scott</a>, who portrayed the main character Mma Precious Ramotswe in <i><a href="/wiki/The_No._1_Ladies%27_Detective_Agency_(TV_series)" title="The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)">The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency</a></i> TV series, wore outfits made from shweshwe for the production.<sup id="cite_ref-Rochlin_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rochlin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shweshwe&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_waxprints" class="mw-redirect" title="African waxprints">African waxprints</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shweshwe&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Collins+English+Dictionary&rft.atitle=shwe-shwe+or+shweshwe&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collinsdictionary.com%2Fdictionary%2Fenglish%2Fshwe-shwe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rochlin-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Rochlin_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rochlin_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRochlin2009" class="citation news cs1">Rochlin, Margy (5 June 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/arts/television/07kats.html">"Jo Katsaras: 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>New York Times</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140124100251/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/arts/television/07kats.html?_r=0">Archived</a> from the original on 24 January 2014. <q>But Ms. Katsaras always keeps the series's central character, the private investigator Precious Ramotswe (Jill Scott, above), the focus of attention with colorful dresses and head scarves made of shweshwe, the traditional South African fabric known for its pulsating motifs.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Jo+Katsaras%3A+%27No.+1+Ladies%27+Detective+Agency%27&rft.date=2009-06-05&rft.aulast=Rochlin&rft.aufirst=Margy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F06%2F07%2Farts%2Ftelevision%2F07kats.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrange2011" class="citation news cs1">Grange, Helen (4 May 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thepost.co.za/stylish-isishweshwe-check-1.1064242#.UuKQ2NL8Ls0">"Stylish isishweshwe? Check"</a>. <i>The Star</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140124161708/http://www.thepost.co.za/stylish-isishweshwe-check-1.1064242">Archived</a> from the original on 24 January 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Star&rft.atitle=Stylish+isishweshwe%3F+Check&rft.date=2011-05-04&rft.aulast=Grange&rft.aufirst=Helen&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepost.co.za%2Fstylish-isishweshwe-check-1.1064242%23.UuKQ2NL8Ls0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-deVillemarette-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-deVillemarette_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-deVillemarette_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-deVillemarette_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-deVillemarette_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-deVillemarette_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFdeVillemarette2010" class="citation journal cs1">deVillemarette, Cynthia (July–August 2010). "Shweshwe: A True Blue Passion". <i>The Country Register of Tennessee & Kentucky</i>. <q>The designs are created using a discharge process, unlike modern printed fabrics where color is added to the surface. With Shweshwe, the cotton cloth is first entirely dyed, thoroughly penetrating the fiber. Then, the cloth is passed through copper design rollers, which emit a mild acid solution, removing color with pinpoint accuracy. One of the characteristics of Shweshwe is the intense use of picotage, tiny pin dots that create not only the designs, but also texture and depth. It is because of the difficulty and expense in creating these designs that they fell out of favor with American and European manufacturers, who chose instead to move to printing processes. Da Gama Textiles of South Africa is the only known manufacturer of fabrics still using the discharge process ... The reverse side of the fabric will be a solid color because it was dyed. Da Gama also prints its seal on the back to help you identify it.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Country+Register+of+Tennessee+%26+Kentucky&rft.atitle=Shweshwe%3A+A+True+Blue+Passion&rft.date=2010-07%2F2010-08&rft.aulast=deVillemarette&rft.aufirst=Cynthia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rovine-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Rovine_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rovine_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rovine_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rovine_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRovine2012" class="citation book cs1">Rovine, Victoria L. (2012). "Handmade textiles: global markets and authenticity". In Dudley, Sandra H. (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Hq3aUBCahPYC"><i>Museum Objects: Experiencing the Properties of Things</i></a>. Oxon: Routledge. pp. 276–277. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781135721473" title="Special:BookSources/9781135721473"><bdi>9781135721473</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Handmade+textiles%3A+global+markets+and+authenticity&rft.btitle=Museum+Objects%3A+Experiencing+the+Properties+of+Things&rft.place=Oxon&rft.pages=276-277&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9781135721473&rft.aulast=Rovine&rft.aufirst=Victoria+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHq3aUBCahPYC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Davie-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Davie_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Davie_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Davie_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Davie_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Davie_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavie2013" class="citation web cs1">Davie, Lucille (18 November 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mediaclubsouthafrica.com/land-and-people/3556-shweshwe-the-denim-of-south-africa">"Shweshwe, the denim of South Africa"</a>. <i>Media Club South Africa</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140120212524/http://www.mediaclubsouthafrica.com/land-and-people/3556-shweshwe-the-denim-of-south-africa">Archived</a> from the original on 20 January 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Media+Club+South+Africa&rft.atitle=Shweshwe%2C+the+denim+of+South+Africa&rft.date=2013-11-18&rft.aulast=Davie&rft.aufirst=Lucille&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaclubsouthafrica.com%2Fland-and-people%2F3556-shweshwe-the-denim-of-south-africa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MamaAfrika-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MamaAfrika_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MamaAfrika_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MamaAfrika_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/style/fashion/a-stylish-ode-to-mama-afrika-1.1145657#.Ut6SjdL8Ls0">"A stylish ode to Mama Afrika"</a>. <i>The Star</i>. 27 September 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111230183238/http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/style/fashion/a-stylish-ode-to-mama-afrika-1.1145657">Archived</a> from the original on 30 December 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Star&rft.atitle=A+stylish+ode+to+Mama+Afrika&rft.date=2011-09-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iol.co.za%2Flifestyle%2Fstyle%2Ffashion%2Fa-stylish-ode-to-mama-afrika-1.1145657%23.Ut6SjdL8Ls0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kuper-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kuper_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kuper_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kuper_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kuper_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKuper2013" class="citation news cs1">Kuper, Jeremy (19 April 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mg.co.za/article/2013-04-19-london-shows-material-interest-in-africas-old-clothes">"London shows material interest in Africa's old clothes"</a>. <i>Mail & Guardian</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130525031602/http://mg.co.za/article/2013-04-19-london-shows-material-interest-in-africas-old-clothes">Archived</a> from the original on 25 May 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Mail+%26+Guardian&rft.atitle=London+shows+material+interest+in+Africa%27s+old+clothes&rft.date=2013-04-19&rft.aulast=Kuper&rft.aufirst=Jeremy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmg.co.za%2Farticle%2F2013-04-19-london-shows-material-interest-in-africas-old-clothes&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Holmes-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Holmes_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Holmes_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Holmes_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Holmes_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Holmes_9-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Holmes_9-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHolmes2013" class="citation news cs1">Holmes, Thalia (22 November 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mg.co.za/article/2013-11-22-00-the-fabric-of-society-needs-underpinning">"The fabric of society needs underpinning"</a>. <i>Mail & Guardian</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140120141942/http://mg.co.za/article/2013-11-22-00-the-fabric-of-society-needs-underpinning">Archived</a> from the original on 20 January 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Mail+%26+Guardian&rft.atitle=The+fabric+of+society+needs+underpinning&rft.date=2013-11-22&rft.aulast=Holmes&rft.aufirst=Thalia&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmg.co.za%2Farticle%2F2013-11-22-00-the-fabric-of-society-needs-underpinning&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Futhwa-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Futhwa_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Futhwa_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Futhwa_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Futhwa_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFuthwa2012" class="citation book cs1">Futhwa, Fezekile (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=bH1cVBzspaUC"><i>Setho: Afrikan Thought and Belief System</i></a>. Nalane ka Fezekile Futhwa. pp. 107–115. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780620503952" title="Special:BookSources/9780620503952"><bdi>9780620503952</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Setho%3A+Afrikan+Thought+and+Belief+System&rft.pages=107-115&rft.pub=Nalane+ka+Fezekile+Futhwa&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9780620503952&rft.aulast=Futhwa&rft.aufirst=Fezekile&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DbH1cVBzspaUC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Joyce-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Joyce_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joyce_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joyce_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joyce_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joyce_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoyce2013" class="citation news cs1">Joyce, Liam (14 October 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/lifestyle/fashion/swish-shweshwe-1.1591302#.Ut0zpdL8Ls0">"Swish shweshwe!"</a>. <i>Daily News</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131105185800/http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/lifestyle/fashion/swish-shweshwe-1.1591302">Archived</a> from the original on 5 November 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Iziko Museums. 23 February 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130329032234/http://www.iziko.org.za/news/entry/the-isishweshwe-story-material-women">Archived</a> from the original on 29 March 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jfecs/article/view/156131">"Perceptions of Seshoeshoe fabric, naming and meanings of motifs on fabric"</a>. <i>Journal of Consumer Sciences</i>. 2 (2017): 24–39 – via African Journals Online.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Consumer+Sciences&rft.atitle=Perceptions+of+Seshoeshoe+fabric%2C+naming+and+meanings+of+motifs+on+fabric&rft.volume=2+%282017%29&rft.pages=24-39&rft.date=2017&rft.aulast=Pheto-Moeti&rft.aufirst=B&rft.au=Riekert%2C+D.M.&rft.au=Pelser%2C+A.J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ajol.info%2Findex.php%2Fjfecs%2Farticle%2Fview%2F156131&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Miti-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Miti_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Miti_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Miti_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiti2013" class="citation news cs1">Miti, Siya (11 May 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dispatch.co.za/news/textile-sector-threat-to-fabric-of-society/">"Textile sector threat to fabric of society"</a>. <i>Daily Dispatch</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131217101058/http://www.dispatch.co.za/news/textile-sector-threat-to-fabric-of-society/">Archived</a> from the original on 17 December 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Dispatch&rft.atitle=Textile+sector+threat+to+fabric+of+society&rft.date=2013-05-11&rft.aulast=Miti&rft.aufirst=Siya&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.co.za%2Fnews%2Ftextile-sector-threat-to-fabric-of-society%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iziko.org.za/calendar/event/material-women-the-shweshwe-story">"Event – Material women? The shweshwe story"</a>. Iziko Museums. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140120164029/http://www.iziko.org.za/calendar/event/material-women-the-shweshwe-story">Archived</a> from the original on 20 January 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Cape+Crafts+%26+Design+Institute&rft.atitle=Transplanted+Culture+Through+Trade&rft.pages=21-22&rft.date=2012-06&rft.aulast=Bryant&rft.aufirst=Judy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccdi.org.za%2Fmedia-room%2Fnewsletter%2Fjune-2012-ccdi-newsletter-files%2Fhistory.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLewis2013" class="citation news cs1">Lewis, Esther (28 March 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/style/fashion/isishweshwe-cut-from-a-different-cloth-1.1493251#.Ut-5AdL8Ls0">"IsiShweshwe: cut from a different cloth"</a>. <i>Cape Argus</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140202184008/http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/style/fashion/isishweshwe-cut-from-a-different-cloth-1.1493251">Archived</a> from the original on 2 February 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Cape+Argus&rft.atitle=IsiShweshwe%3A+cut+from+a+different+cloth&rft.date=2013-03-28&rft.aulast=Lewis&rft.aufirst=Esther&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iol.co.za%2Flifestyle%2Fstyle%2Ffashion%2Fisishweshwe-cut-from-a-different-cloth-1.1493251%23.Ut-5AdL8Ls0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fulton-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Fulton_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fulton_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFulton2006" class="citation web cs1">Fulton, Claire (23 November 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.southafrica.info/business/trends/newbusiness/shweshwe.htm#.UuCn89L8Ls0">"Cottoning on to Shweshwe chic"</a>. <i>South Africa.info</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114011121/http://www.southafrica.info/business/trends/newbusiness/shweshwe.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 14 January 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=South+Africa.info&rft.atitle=Cottoning+on+to+Shweshwe+chic&rft.date=2006-11-23&rft.aulast=Fulton&rft.aufirst=Claire&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southafrica.info%2Fbusiness%2Ftrends%2Fnewbusiness%2Fshweshwe.htm%23.UuCn89L8Ls0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dagama.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103%3Ahome-sewing&catid=42%3Adagama-general&Itemid=199">"Home Sewing"</a>. Da Gama Textiles<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2014</span>. <q>Some of our recognised brands include ... The Original Shweshwe ethnic printed 3 CATS, 3 LEOPARDS, TOTO and FANCY PRINTS, which are acid discharge prints on cotton calico.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Home+Sewing&rft.pub=Da+Gama+Textiles&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dagama.co.za%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D103%253Ahome-sewing%26catid%3D42%253Adagama-general%26Itemid%3D199&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dagama.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=164">"History of Shweshwe"</a>. Da Gama Textiles. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130809184848/http://dagama.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=164">Archived</a> from the original on 9 August 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History+of+Shweshwe&rft.pub=Da+Gama+Textiles&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dagama.co.za%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D102%26Itemid%3D164&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSparg2012" class="citation news cs1">Sparg, Linda (15 January 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iol.co.za/business/news/fabric-firm-wins-with-a-focus-on-local-flair-1.1212960#.Ut4Wu9L8Ls0">"Fabric firm wins with a focus on local flair"</a>. <i>Business Report</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140121064459/http://www.iol.co.za/business/news/fabric-firm-wins-with-a-focus-on-local-flair-1.1212960">Archived</a> from the original on 21 January 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Business+Report&rft.atitle=Fabric+firm+wins+with+a+focus+on+local+flair&rft.date=2012-01-15&rft.aulast=Sparg&rft.aufirst=Linda&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iol.co.za%2Fbusiness%2Fnews%2Ffabric-firm-wins-with-a-focus-on-local-flair-1.1212960%23.Ut4Wu9L8Ls0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarbieri2008" class="citation web cs1">Barbieri, Annalisa (3 April 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2008/04/high-street-designers-film">"All shapes and sizes"</a>. <i>New Statesman</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081204150313/http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2008/04/high-street-designers-film">Archived</a> from the original on 4 December 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=New+Statesman&rft.atitle=All+shapes+and+sizes&rft.date=2008-04-03&rft.aulast=Barbieri&rft.aufirst=Annalisa&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newstatesman.com%2Flifestyle%2F2008%2F04%2Fhigh-street-designers-film&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shweshwe&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRalfe2004" class="citation book cs1">Ralfe, Liz (2004). "Love Affair with my Isishweshwe". In Weber, Sandra; Mitchell, Claudia (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=03oHPgPXWngC"><i>Not Just Any Dress: Narratives of Memory, Body, and Identity</i></a>. New York: Peter Lang. pp. 211–218. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8204-6118-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8204-6118-2"><bdi>978-0-8204-6118-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Love+Affair+with+my+Isishweshwe&rft.btitle=Not+Just+Any+Dress%3A+Narratives+of+Memory%2C+Body%2C+and+Identity&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=211-218&rft.pub=Peter+Lang&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-8204-6118-2&rft.aulast=Ralfe&rft.aufirst=Liz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D03oHPgPXWngC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPheto-Moeti2005" class="citation thesis cs1">Pheto-Moeti, Mabokang Baatshwana (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20140122120233/http://etd.uovs.ac.za/cgi-bin/ETD-browse/view_etd?URN=etd-09012006-074550"><i>An Assessment of Seshoeshoe Dress as a Cultural Identity for Basotho Women of Lesotho</i></a> (M.Sc. thesis). University of the Free State. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etd.uovs.ac.za/cgi-bin/ETD-browse/view_etd?URN=etd-09012006-074550">the original</a> on 22 January 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=An+Assessment+of+Seshoeshoe+Dress+as+a+Cultural+Identity+for+Basotho+Women+of+Lesotho&rft.degree=M.Sc.&rft.inst=University+of+the+Free+State&rft.date=2005&rft.aulast=Pheto-Moeti&rft.aufirst=Mabokang+Baatshwana&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fetd.uovs.ac.za%2Fcgi-bin%2FETD-browse%2Fview_etd%3FURN%3Detd-09012006-074550&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaphangwa2010" class="citation thesis cs1">Maphangwa, Shonisani (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20140122115150/https://ujdigispace.uj.ac.za/handle/10210/4516"><i>From Colonial to Post-Colonial: Shifts in Cultural Meanings in Dutch Lace and Shweshwe Fabric</i></a> (M.A. thesis). University of Johannesburg. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ujdigispace.uj.ac.za/handle/10210/4516">the original</a> on 22 January 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=From+Colonial+to+Post-Colonial%3A+Shifts+in+Cultural+Meanings+in+Dutch+Lace+and+Shweshwe+Fabric&rft.degree=M.A.&rft.inst=University+of+Johannesburg&rft.date=2010&rft.aulast=Maphangwa&rft.aufirst=Shonisani&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fujdigispace.uj.ac.za%2Fhandle%2F10210%2F4516&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoletsaneMitchellSmith2012" class="citation book cs1">Moletsane, Relebohile; Mitchell, Claudia; Smith, Ann, eds. (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/3025642"><i>Was it Something I Wore?: Dress, Identity, Materiality</i></a>. Cape Town: HSRC Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7969-2362-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7969-2362-2"><bdi>978-0-7969-2362-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Was+it+Something+I+Wore%3F%3A+Dress%2C+Identity%2C+Materiality&rft.place=Cape+Town&rft.pub=HSRC+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0-7969-2362-2&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F3025642&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|journal=</code> ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRossouw2006" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Rossouw, Mandy (23 September 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/2006/09/23/B1/3/mrmode.html">"Londen oorrompel deur SA se modes"</a> [London taken over by SA's fashions]. <i>Beeld</i> (in Afrikaans). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144516/http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/2006/09/23/B1/3/mrmode.html">Archived</a> from the original on 22 January 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Beeld&rft.atitle=Londen+oorrompel+deur+SA+se+modes&rft.date=2006-09-23&rft.aulast=Rossouw&rft.aufirst=Mandy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F152.111.1.88%2Fargief%2Fberigte%2Fbeeld%2F2006%2F09%2F23%2FB1%2F3%2Fmrmode.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLamprecht2013" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Lamprecht, Bettie (5 March 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/2013/03/05/B1/10/lapstorie-142.html">"Ikoniese materiaal wat geen grense ken"</a> [Iconic material without borders]. <i>Beeld</i> (in Afrikaans). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122102357/http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/2013/03/05/B1/10/lapstorie-142.html">Archived</a> from the original on 22 January 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Beeld&rft.atitle=Ikoniese+materiaal+wat+geen+grense+ken&rft.date=2013-03-05&rft.aulast=Lamprecht&rft.aufirst=Bettie&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F152.111.1.88%2Fargief%2Fberigte%2Fbeeld%2F2013%2F03%2F05%2FB1%2F10%2Flapstorie-142.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeeb-Du_Toit2017" class="citation book cs1">Leeb-Du Toit, Juliette (2017). <i>isiShweshwe: A History of the Indigenisation of Blueprint in South Africa</i>. Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781869143145" title="Special:BookSources/9781869143145"><bdi>9781869143145</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=isiShweshwe%3A+A+History+of+the+Indigenisation+of+Blueprint+in+South+Africa&rft.place=Pietermaritzburg&rft.pub=University+of+KwaZulu-Natal+Press&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=9781869143145&rft.aulast=Leeb-Du+Toit&rft.aufirst=Juliette&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShweshwe" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shweshwe&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Mockado">Mockado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moquette" title="Moquette">Moquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plush" title="Plush">Plush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polar_fleece" title="Polar fleece">Polar fleece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrycloth" title="Terrycloth">Terrycloth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velours_du_Kasa%C3%AF" title="Velours du Kasaï">Velours du Kasaï</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velvet" title="Velvet">Velvet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velveteen" title="Velveteen">Velveteen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zibeline" title="Zibeline">Zibeline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nonwoven_fabric" title="Nonwoven fabric">Nonwoven</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Felt" title="Felt">Felt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_bark_textile" title="Cedar bark textile">Cedar bark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Knitted_fabric" title="Knitted fabric">Knitted</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boiled_wool" title="Boiled wool">Boiled wool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coolmax" title="Coolmax">Coolmax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knitting_machine" title="Knitting machine">Machine knitting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milliskin" title="Milliskin">Milliskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_(fabric)" title="Jersey (fabric)">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velour" title="Velour">Velour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Net_(textile)" title="Net (textile)">Netted</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobbinet" title="Bobbinet">Bobbinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbon_fibers" title="Carbon fibers">Carbon fibers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lace" title="Lace">Lace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesh" title="Mesh">Mesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needlerun_net" title="Needlerun net">Needlerun net</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninon" title="Ninon">Ninon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulle_netting" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulle netting">Tulle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Technical_textile" title="Technical textile">Technical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballistic_nylon" title="Ballistic nylon">Ballistic nylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ban-Lon" title="Ban-Lon">Ban-Lon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conductive_textile" title="Conductive textile">Conductive textile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlexx" title="Darlexx">Darlexx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-textiles" title="E-textiles">E-textiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gannex" title="Gannex">Gannex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gore-Tex" title="Gore-Tex">Gore-Tex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenticular_fabric" title="Lenticular fabric">Lenticular fabric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silnylon" title="Silnylon">Silnylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spandex" title="Spandex">Spandex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stub-tex" class="mw-redirect" title="Stub-tex">Stub-tex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SympaTex" class="mw-redirect" title="SympaTex">SympaTex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windstopper" title="Windstopper">Windstopper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Patterns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argyle_(pattern)" title="Argyle (pattern)">Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bizarre_silk" title="Bizarre silk">Bizarre silk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Check_(pattern)" title="Check (pattern)">Check</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warp_printing" title="Warp printing">Chiné</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_plaid" title="Glen plaid">Glen plaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herringbone_(cloth)" title="Herringbone (cloth)">Herringbone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houndstooth" title="Houndstooth">Houndstooth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelsch_d%27Alsace" title="Kelsch d'Alsace">Kelsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_(design)" title="Paisley (design)">Paisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinstripes" title="Pinstripes">Pinstripes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polka_dot" title="Polka dot">Polka dot</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shweshwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tartan" title="Tartan">Tartan or plaid</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tattersall_(cloth)" title="Tattersall (cloth)">Tattersall</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fiber" title="Fiber">Textile fibers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abac%C3%A1" title="Abacá">Abacá</a> (Manila hemp)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acrylic_fiber" title="Acrylic fiber">Acrylic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpaca_fiber" title="Alpaca fiber">Alpaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angora_wool" title="Angora wool">Angora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musa_basjoo" title="Musa basjoo">Bashō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cashmere_wool" title="Cashmere wool">Cashmere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coir" title="Coir">Coir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eisengarn" title="Eisengarn">Eisengarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemp" title="Hemp">Hemp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jute" title="Jute">Jute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevlar" title="Kevlar">Kevlar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linen" title="Linen">Linen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohair" title="Mohair">Mohair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nylon" title="Nylon">Nylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microfiber" title="Microfiber">Microfiber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olefin_fiber" title="Olefin fiber">Olefin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashmina" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashmina">Pashmina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polyester" title="Polyester">Polyester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pi%C3%B1a" title="Piña">Piña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramie" title="Ramie">Ramie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rayon" title="Rayon">Rayon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_silk" title="Sea silk">Sea silk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silk" title="Silk">Silk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisal" title="Sisal">Sisal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spandex" title="Spandex">Spandex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spider_silk" title="Spider silk">Spider silk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">Wool</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Finishing_(textiles)" title="Finishing (textiles)">Finishing</a> and<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div><a href="/wiki/Textile_printing" title="Textile printing">printing</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Androsia" title="Androsia">Androsia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batik" title="Batik">Batik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beetling" title="Beetling">Beetling</a></li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Bingata" title="Bingata">Bingata</a></i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%B2g%C3%B2lanfini" title="Bògòlanfini">Bògòlanfini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devor%C3%A9" title="Devoré">Burnout</a></li> 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