It goes without saying that fashion weeks have had a tough time over the past few seasons. In the midst of restructuring for virtual and for the future, fashion weeks are hard at work trying to find their footing. SA Menswear Week is doing exactly that. Besides a...
Fashion designers speak volumes through an inspired vocabulary of fabric and form. But sometimes it’s good to hear directly from them. We spoke to three designers – Yui Keeping of Wanida Boutique, Luanne Toms of 1971 and Shamyra Moodley of Laaniraani – about how their...
Most of my fashion upbringing happened around a runway. I started my career as an intern at Joburg Fashion Week and Cape Town Fashion Week, where I worked a further six years in various roles, ending up as creative director. Between 2010 and 2015, I spent just about...
Established over two decades years ago, the SA Fashion Week New Talent Search competition is a well-respected industry springboard. It has helped launch the likes of household South African designers such as David Tlale, Black Coffee, Tiaan Nagel, Anissa Mpungwe of...
In this shoot, we celebrate a few South African brands that are engaging with sustainability as a design ethos and as a business model, shooting some of our favourite looks on a small-scale farm just outside of the city. Many brands claim to be sustainable but so few...
As a lover of words, meaty and meaningful, it pains me that so many “just-right” words have been overworked and overused to the point of becoming stale shadows of their former selves. There are countless examples of words being reduced to near impotence. Many we drop...
It’s not lost on me that I’ve been that person with the Prada sunglasses. Long before my other hallmarks – the beard or the red hair or the black tunics – I’ve had frames on my face. They had become such a feature that I referred to them as “my eyes”. Those Prada...
Now without a doubt, it’s time to stand with slow fashion. Featuring Ghanaian model Napari, shot by a South African team, at Langebaan along the West Coast, this magical shoot celebrates slow fashion and the potential it has to correct our course as clothing...
Our work is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 12, which aims to ensure sustainable consumption and production. Read More
