New Mungo Store on Hout Street

WORDS Michaela Stehr

Local textile brand Mungo has opened a new store and Micro-Mill on Cape Town’s Hout Street.

The concept behind the store was to create a space where customers and the public are given the opportunity to learn about and witness the art of weaving.

Although most of Mungo’s production will continue to take place at their primary mill in Plettenberg Bay, the Cape Town Micro-Mill will house and make use of an original Hattersley domestic loom from 1890; one of Mungo’s oldest.

Situated in a restored heritage building from the 1900s, Mungo’s Hout Street store has been refurbished, while continuing to keep all of the original architecture and features of the four-storey beauty, including sash windows, Oregon pine flooring and a wooden staircase. The Micro-Mill is situated below ground with the shop on the ground level, spanning into a glass atrium. The first floor features a photographic studio and the Mungo office, while the final floor is a Mungo-inspired apartment available for guest use.

The new Mungo store and Micro-Mill is located at 78 Hout Street, Cape Town.