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Mathilde, c’est l’étincelle de cette histoire.
Née dans le désert sud-africain près du Cap, loin des magasins et de la ville.
Sa maman, Gwendolyne, s'était enfin posée dans son pays adoptif l'Afrique du Sud, après avoir parcouru le monde. Amoureuse de tissus et de couleurs, elle décide un beau jour qu'elle aimerait faire à Mathilde une petite turbulette comme celles qu’elle connaissait dans son pays d’origine, la France – et aux couleurs du tissu traditionnel sud africain, le shweshwe.
Ne sachant pas coudre elle-même, elle mit une année à trouver la perle rare, Petula, une couturière d’exception, - beaucoup trop modeste ! - dans leur petit village de Barrydale.
Neuf ans plus tard, Petula et la petite équipe de Mathilde & Co continuent de donner vie aux idées de Gwendolyne, désormais en France avec Mathilde et sa petite speur Apolline qui, quant à elles, continuent de courir pieds nus, de grimper aux arbres, et de faire rêver leurs nouveaux amis des récits de leurs aventures en Afrique…
COPYRIGHT © 2011 by Mathilde & Co. : All designs by Mathilde & Co. are the intellectual property of Gwendolyne Gosselin and may not be reproduced without express written permission. All rights reserved.
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Gemma on Sep 20, 2023
5 out of 5 starsVery helpful and prompt when I contacted the seller. Item arrived quickly and is beautiful
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Lucille on Sep 16, 2023
5 out of 5 starslovely kikoi, well packaged, and a responsive seller! Thank you.
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Gisèle on Feb 23, 2023
5 out of 5 starsI really like the patterns and colors of this wax fabric. Thank you.
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Gisèle on Feb 23, 2023
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful wax fabric in beautiful summer colors. Good communication with the saleswoman. Thank you.
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About MathildeAndCo
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Our workshop table on a busy day -
Fabrics drying in the summer sun -
Our display at the BLUE COW coffee shop in Barrydale, South Africa -
Giraffes and Cushions in the press -
Gaggle of girls in their Mathilde & Co. dresses!! - Barrydale, South Africa
Empowering women through creativity
Shop members
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Gwendolyne Gosselin
Owner
From Paris to the Klein Karoo in SA via Lima, from showbizz to leading adventure tours worldwide, I discovered a passion for shweshwe, and created Mathilde & Co. I moved back to France, determined to showcase South African talent to the world.
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Geraldeen
Seamstress
Geraldeen works wonders with a needle! Hundreds of little giraffes are born from her magic touch. Born deaf in a world she'd normally be shunned from, she has sewing degrees, and is mother to a gorgeous daughter .
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Ilze Davids
Assistant
Ilze loves colours and beautiful things. She helps Gwen to design, cut and add the final touches to every product. She also trains our ever growing team!
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Mathilde
Muse
My daughter Mathilde. Actually, One of the foster dogs we were looking after for the Karoo Animal Protection Society (KAPS), a husky named Lulu, who chewed her very french teething giraffe. And lead me to make a fabric substitute pronto.
Production partners
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Barrydale Handweavers
South Africa
A wonderful project set in the Western Cape; South Africa
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Da Gama
East London, South Africa
The one and only manufacturer of Genuine 3 Cats Shweswhe fabric. If it doesn't say so on the back, it's just not the real deal.
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Marchés africains -chinés
South Africa
Nous ramenons nos trésors au gré de nos découvertes un peu partout en Afrique. Commerce équitable garanti.
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Cooperative
Madagascar
Malgassy ladies make these dresses from large factory offcuts. They were bought directly from the seamstresses following Mathilde & Co's ethic of encouraging women entrepreneurship
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Sandveld Republic
South Africa
Home décor - South Africa
Shop policies
The designer, Gwendolyne has now based herself and her 2 little girls in France where she is setting up the french branch of Mathilde & Co. All products are still manufactured by our power team in Barrydale, South Africa - we're just starting to conquer the world!
Every one of our items is individually handmade in the best of fabrics, with shweshwe as our star cotton.
We live, love, breath, Africa and it's vibrant colours.
From soft toys to handbags, everything we make has a story to tell—a story that starts with one of us and continues with you.
That's the spirit of Ubuntu.
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Mathilde & Co. cannot be held responsible for damage, lost or theft.