6 sublime South African women in shweshwe dresses

South African beauty is in the spotlight on Afroculture.net. These splendid women reveal all their beauty and elegance in African style with sublime shweshwe dresses.

Little reminder on the shweshwe

Shweshwe is a traditional cotton fabric, indigo dyed with geometric patterns. It is generally worn by the Xhosa ethnic group in South Africa. These traditional outfits are indigo blue, red and brown. Traditionally, newly married Xhosa women (makoti) and Sotho married women wear shwe shwe.