Celebrating the Brilliant Woman in Business & Leadership + African Fashion
“After matriculating, Rachel de Mardt went to study at the renowned Parsons School of Design in New York, USA. During which time she really developed her own sense of design style and started creating classic, sophisticated and glamorous garments. She reaches out to the confident woman who has a sense of appreciation for high-end fashion …
“Having worked abroad in cities such as New York, Milan and Paris as a fashion director and stylist, Shaldon Kopman returned home to South Africa because of his strong passion for the country. Once home, he filled the role of Fashion Editor for South African magazines such as Elle. In 2006-2007 he won ‘GQ Best …
“Gideon is a prestigious South African designer who has won many of the country’s top fashion awards, he has also exhibited at London Fashion Week 2008/2009. His work is with high-end couture and his attention to detail with cut, color and texture is immaculate. He tries to reach out to strong, dynamic women and is inspired …
“•Born and named after her great grandmother ‘Elizabeth Loye” who was a singer and performer throughout her life, Liz ‘Loye’ Ogumbo began singing at about age four. Her father taught her songs from the Luo tribe in Kenya, her home language and sooner than later, she was singing “Isabella ma nyar Asembo,” “I be lady …
“UYANDA MBULI is an Award-winning Style Icon, Designer and Owner of South Africa’s famous fashion house Diamond Face Couture, also known as ‘DFC’, which is at the fore-front of changing the fashion landscape in Africa. Diamond Face Couture has a flagship store at the heart of Johannesburg’s northern suburbs in Rosebank, at the THE ZONE …
“Black Coffee consistently gives local fashion a distinctive face with its deeply referential, meticulously engineered and ultimately divergent approach. Designer Jacques van der Watt’s 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 …