Anything Beautiful is particularly proud to be associated with Solanka Shweshwe Designs, a local project of the Free State Care in Action, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering disadvantaged women. ShweShwe is a printed dyed cotton textile popularly applied for traditional South African apparel. Originally dyed indigo, the textile is created in an assortment of colours and printing-designs, identified by complex geometric patterns. Because of its popularity, ShweShwe has been named as the denim, or tartan, of South Africa.