About us

Hi,

Let me introduce myself. I am the founder and designer of The Text Style, and started it in 2017. With an educational background of Middle Eastern Studies and Anthropology from Aarhus and Copenhagen University, I studied in northern Africa for a year as a young student. Having lived abroad and seen the beautiful textiles first hand, I had a desire to make them into clothing for the urban consumer with a scandinavian design philosophy.

My designs took shape after a conversation at a doorstep in Osu, in Accra in Ghana with a fashion tailor, who is based there with his small creative workspace. Having years of experience creating clothes, he was perfect to start a collaboration with in mutual interest.

Later I also began to source from other parts of Africa, as I found an opportunity to source organic cotton in Burkina Faso from the small sustainable textile and slow fashion company Xoomba. The latest addition is an organic cotton collection designed by me and dyed with natural colours by a bogolan artist from Mali.

As a young student I was an activist in the fair trade movement in Denmark from the beginning of it. So naturally my approach was that of making a real difference for the manufacturers in Africa through this work. I was later to learn the scope of how big a change we can make through our fashion choices.

When I am not busy with The Text Style, I spend time with family and friends. I love going out for brunch or concerts and travelling to warmer countries like Ghana or France socializing and learning.

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About us

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Lene NortoftThe Text Style

Lene Nortoft
The Text Style