In 2010 The Life of a Dress was invited to visit Maputo, Mozambique.
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In 2013 we were invited back.
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This time we were also following up on the progress of the work of Nelly & Nelsa and their dress brand Mima-te. They had since our first visit in 2010 decided to start up their own business based on the revival of old second-hand dresses. Below is a short extract from the full series about them that was shared and narrated by Kelly Osborne on Teen Vogue, America in 2014.
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See Global Threads here.
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