SAFW AW23 COLLECTIONS | REFUSE

Established, in 2016, by Tebogo Malcolm Mokgope and Minenhle Memela, menswear label, Refuse Clothing Brand intertwines an African aesthetic with modern designs. With its typical African foundation, the brand uses conventional textures and prints in a range of ready-to-wear pieces, which has extended from simple graphic branded clothing to a fine-custom-made collection. Committed to sustainable fashion, the signature frequently fuses all-over prints with more minimal designs to produce timeless classics in environmentally friendly fabrication. The street-ready pieces are made for young ambitious men, who love beautiful, fashionable garments which are functional too. The focus is on making clothes that have a long livelihood, and since sustainability is particularly important to the fashion world, they endeavor to use 100% cotton and unharmful fabrics for most of their garments. Refuse Clothing’s vision is to make people self-aware of developing their own personal style, without adhering to identities essentially made up by society.