At a time when fashion houses across the world are searching for new stories to tell, Botswana luxury designer Koki Chiepe is looking inward.
Her exhibition, Heritage Reimagined: Living Archives, transformed the National Museum in Gaborone into something more than a fashion venue. It became an exercise in cultural memory — a space where landscapes, ceremonies and indigenous knowledge were translated into contemporary design without losing sight of their origins.
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