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Clive Rundle, South Africa Fashion Week Summer 2011 (Pictures)
Born in Zimbabwe, Clive Rundle grew up in South Africa where he studied fashion in Johannesburg. He goes as a constructionist rather than a fashion designer with intricate structure the essence of his design. The inherent structuring of his patterns can lead the translation in any direction, frugal, avant-garde, classical, elaborate and contemporary. His language …
Black Coffee, South Africa Fashion Week Summer 2011 (Pictures)
Black Coffee consistently gives local fashion a distinctive face with its deeply referential, meticulously engineered and ultimately divergent approach. Their design ethos embraces contrast and re-shapes traditions with an intuitive twist. The result is mysteriously familiar yet refreshingly unique occupying a space somewhere between history and imagination. Black Coffee received the coveted Mercedes Benz Art …
Amanda Laird Cherry, South Africa Fashion Week Summer 2011 (Pictures)
Durban based designer, Amanda Laird Cherry, is one of South Africa’s most established designers. The acclaim she has received is as universal as it gets in South African fashion, with publications as varied as Y-Mag and Time Magazine shouting her praises. Amanda is one of a handful of South African designers who has fused the …
Fashion Mist UK 2011: N’Kya Designs
N’Kya Designs keeps the Ankara prints relevant at Fashion Mist UK 2011. “N’kya is a womenswear label established in 2007 by London based designer Sheila Boateng. Our collections include a range of dresses and separates that reflect the fusion of two very different cultures to create an explosion of unique style and colour. Based in …
Fashion Mist UK 2011: Kayobi Clothing
Kayobi Clothing showed at Fashion Mist 2011 and we are digging the brand’s t-shirt line. Below is what the brand has to say about itself. “Kayobi – pronounced (K – OW – B) is an apparel and accessories company created to tell the African story and that of the Diaspora through positive, vibrant and thought …