{"id":239405,"date":"2026-07-24T18:54:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/sierra-leone\/sierra-leone-how-sierra-leones-traditional-textiles-are-weaving-a-modern-fashion-economy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T18:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:54:48","slug":"sierra-leone-how-sierra-leones-traditional-textiles-are-weaving-a-modern-fashion-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/sierra-leone\/sierra-leone-how-sierra-leones-traditional-textiles-are-weaving-a-modern-fashion-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leone: How Sierra Leone&#8217;s Traditional Textiles Are Weaving a Modern Fashion Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"29\"><em>Sierra Leone\u2019s traditional textiles are being reimagined into a modern fashion economy, as designers like Frederica Williams preserve heritage while building a thriving local industry ready for global markets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"92\">Inside her Freetown studio, Frederica Williams \u2013 surrounded by a bustling floor of over 20 tailors and design assistants &#8211; displays a vibrant bolt of Krio Print fabric, explaining the cultural significance of its intricate motifs. As the founder of Just Fabulous Heritage and president of&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202607240423.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 West Africa <a title=\"Sierra Leone\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/west-africa\/sierra-leone\/\">Sierra Leone<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sierra Leone\u2019s traditional textiles are being reimagined into a modern fashion economy, as designers like Frederica Williams preserve heritage while building a thriving local industry ready for global markets. Inside her Freetown studio, Frederica Williams \u2013 surrounded by a bustling floor of over 20 tailors and design assistants &#8211; displays a vibrant bolt of Krio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":188473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1109],"tags":[258,256,5762,8980,6572,7271,12698,257,6571,1135,254,6892,9464,54934],"class_list":["post-239405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sierra-leone","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-economy","tag-fashion","tag-leone","tag-leones","tag-modern","tag-news","tag-sierra","tag-sierra-leone-news","tag-south-africa-today","tag-textiles","tag-traditional","tag-weaving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}