Every year, Mungo’s corporate social responsibility program, MOVE, hosts a “Design Your Own Kikoi” workshop with students from Crags Primary School. All proceeds from the winning kikoi go towards funding a teacher at the school. This year’s winner is Jesslyn Windvogel with her “Galaxy” kikoi.
- Chequered History The Willow Beach Towel draws on the iconic check pattern, a centuries-old design seen in everything from ancient artefacts to high fashion. The design of our ‘willow weave’ takes inspiration from a 17th-century hand-weaving pattern found in Marguerite Porter Davison’s A Handweaver’s Pattern Book. The design was adapted for Mungo’s looms by our [...]
- The Savannah Blanket marks a new milestone for Mungo—a first-of-its-kind multi-texture blanket that blends varying weave constructions into a striking patchwork of pattern and texture. We spoke to our designer, Lenore, about the prototyping, process and palette behind this innovative new creation. Where did the idea for the Savannah Blanket come from? The concept for [...]
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The Grill Apron is designed to meet all your kitchen or fireside culinary needs. A cloth that will allow you to grill with gusto or cook with abandon.
It’s no secret that at Mungo we love dogs. In fact, we love your dog – enough to help you by making their doggy dreams come true…
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Celebrating the textile standards that serve the betterment of our people and planet, this Earth Day.
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Welcoming the Caribbean Check – a cotton tablecloth inspired by a voyage to the Caribbean, and woven to life on our newest Saurer loom at the Mungo Mill.
Irreverent musings on organic cotton – and other 21st century problems.
Inspired by the colours of the Garden Route’s rugged coastline, Mungo’s designer Lenore Schroeder has introduced a new colourway to our best-selling Vrou Vrou blanket range: meet the Cypress.
Following an audit in Feb 2020, Mungo is now South Africa’s first GOTS-certified weaving mill. Read more about the rigorous controls & checks that took place to acquire the certification.
