“After graduating from Wits University with a degree in Industrial Psychology and Sociology, Nkhesani Manganyi embarked on a career as an actress of which was found to be very successful. After travelling vastly through Africa, she noticed there was a gap in the market for using the fantastic urban energy our country, which wasn’t being …
There has been a lot of business activity in the global luxury industry of late, as the industry appears to have rebounded from the global recession. In the last month alone, there have been at least five acquisitions with the most notable being: Labelux’s acquisition of Jimmy Choo from TowerBrook, Qatar Luxury Group’s acquisition of …
If it ain’t broke, hey break it and you could be like Nkhesani Nkosi with 470 stores across Africa, admired among peers and the ultimate icing on the cake? You get to show at New York Fashion Week! The very Ladybrille Nkhensani continues to keep her message precise and clear: African people and fashions are …
Coming off the heels of the just completed ThisDay/Arise Magazine: African Fashion Collective show at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week, Fall 2009, ThisDay Newspaper claims two US retail giants are looking to manufacture and stock in their retail outlets, nationwide, with collections of some of the African fashion designers who showed at fashion week.“But by …
Silk charmeuse, silk chiffons, silk taffetas and shwe shwe are some of the fabrics Stoned Cherrie played with for Fall 2009 at the ThisDay/Arise magazine: African Fashion Collective show. Inspired by the now deceased South Africa/African Music Icon, Miriam Makeba, Nkhensani Nkosi [designer behind Stoned Cherrie] did not hold back with beautiful bold colors reflected …