By Sean Shuter a creative director based in Cape Town, South Africa, and New York City, for Style.com: 

Basotho Heritage Blankets, despite being largely unavailable outside of Africa for their 100-year-plus existence, are of such quality and have such a colorful, storied history that they are easily comparable to brands of a similar vintage, including Pendleton, Woolrich, and Hudson’s Bay Company. BlanketsThe widespread adoption of these blankets in Southern Africa was happening contemporaneously with the invention and popularization of dungarees by Levi Strauss & Co. in the United States. For the people of Lesotho, the blankets have become every bit as ubiquitous as denim and an even more important part of everyday life. Read More