OUR STORY
The craft of beading is synonymous with South Africa and remains an important medium of communication amongst the indigenous cultures.
With Bili Beadwear, South African bead artistry meets contemporary leather luxury — carrying culture, craft, and empowerment into the global fashion conversation.
We welcome you to celebrate our country’s heritage as we preserve local craft traditions and showcase innovative African design to the world.
We believe that design, fashion, craft and culture are essential levers of transformation within our society - be it creating a fresh vision. conceiving constructive uses or responding to societal and environmental issues.
Welcome to Bili Beadwear, we look forward to partnering with you to bring about real change through our work.
Featured collections
Please view our artisanal crafted bead product collections below
Cokisa Clutch
Olwethu Bag Straps
Olwethu Bags
Wrap Belt
Bold, confident statement-makers.
Bili Beadwear is designed to be seen. Our premium-quality fashion accessories and beaded products are masterfully crafted by artisans in Cape Town, South Africa, who capture their unique stories within each design.
Bili’s creations are hand-stitched with premium glass beads, in vibrant patterns that give tastemakers more reason to show off their style.
Our exquisite beaded items include fully adjustable, multi-way bra straps, as well as hat, camera and bag straps, belts, bookmarks, suspenders, earrings and more.
Celebrate your freedom and independent expression with Bili Beadwear.
Women empowering women.
Our mission at Bili Beadwear is to empower mothers in townships with sustainable artisanal work that helps them support their children’s well-being and education. By purchasing a Bili Beadwear product, you join in our vision to reduce South Africa’s highly unequal social and economic divide.
Every piece in our collection has been intricately hand-beaded by a woman in Wallacedene, an informal housing settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town, where poverty is rife. The beading artist’s talent and individual creativity is embedded in the pieces that you wear as your own statement of dazzling style.
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