From his humble Windhoek workshop, Namibia's leading fashion designer is keeping alive the love for the Herero people's traditional dress with horned headgear, a full-length skirt and a link to German ...

An elderly Herero woman in patchwork dress and pale scarf. As Herero women get older, the 'horns' of their headdresses get smaller. According to some accounts, this is to symbolize their loss of ...

Every dress tells a story, but in the case of Namibia’s Herero dress, it’s a 100-year-old tale of genocide, oppression, resilience, and — hopefully — redemption. In the early 20th century, 80% of the ...