Haute Afrika, (Haute "meaning high standards, class, and elegance in French"),  is an Award winning and internationally nominated contemporary African print brand founded in 2016 by Gracia Bampile. Her aim was to promote African sophistication and elegance by catering for a growing continent. The brand embodies a modern culture and celebrates Africa’s heritage and shares the story one print at a time. Motivated to break societies stereotypes by infusing art through fashion and sharing the ethnic culture of Africans.

Our brand is colorful, significant and explores the African roots and uniqueness that are engraved in Africa as part of its identity. Some of our textiles and fabrics are from different African nations and others are specifically created and printed by Haute Afrika to celebrate Africa as a whole as well as to cater for a more diverse audience by taking Africa to the world.

We believe that clothing can empower confidence, evoke topics and promote Africanism because “when you look good,you feel good.”In the world of pop culture Haute Afrika maintains African print as its trademark and stand firm in breaking boundaries in order to merge cultures of artistic mindsets together.

We seek to make the availability of quality ready to wear outfits and the conceptualizing of custom made outfits a breeze. A lot of craftsmanship is actually put into every single outfit we make.

We strongly believe there is something about bold African prints that everyone can get to enjoy. Based in South Africa, our clothing has found its way on prominent people in different industries as well as celebrities.Our emphasis is and will forever be to give you unique, enjoyable and quality clothing that you will treasure forever.

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