“Jamilla Vera Swai compensates her petite stature by making grand, vibrant, exotic, all in your face extraordinaire designs. In her designs, she caters for everyone, from the young and old in all shapes and sizes. To perfect her craft she joined Institute de Bela Artes in Maputo to study fashion[...]
“Her inspiration to create the label came from her mother, Jacqueline Daniel who set up a Boutique in 1991, then known as Eskado Boutique, naming it after her last born and only daughter Estazia(ES) Kang’wa(KA) Doreen(DO). Playing Assistant Shop Keeper and Stylist from the age of three, her love for[...]
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“Born in Bulgaria, Vesselina Pentcheva presented her first fashion show at the age of 16 in her hometown. In 1993 she moved to South Africa to study at the Gordon Flack Davidson Academy of Design, soon after which she started working for Marianne Fassler who inspired her unique sense of[...]
“Welkom born Ella Bute moved to Johannesburg in her twenties, she won the Elle/LISOF bursary in 1999 and then continued to study at LISOF for the next 3 years. She participated in the Elle New Talent competition in 2005 and won the Nederburg Rare Talent in 2005. Her clothes are[...]
Photocredit: Simon Deiner/ SDR Photo
Photocredit: Simon Deiner/SDR Photo
Photocredit: Simon Deiner/SDR Photo
“Jacqui Corfield started off by styling local South African bands, in time she progressed to doing exclusive, one-off stage pieces and by 2009 she started her own official ladies-wear brand, we now know as Hermanna Rush. Jacqui has been nominated as Shoprite | Checkers SABC 2 Woman of the Year[...]
“Craig Jacobs studied at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia however he decided to shift route slightly and come back to Johannesburg to focus on mainly on fashion as he felt a need to explore a fresh platform and tell positive stories to Africa about Africa. He started his[...]
“Clive Rundle, born in Zimbabwe went on to grow up in South Africa where he studied fashion in Johannesburg. He defines himself as a constructionist rather than a fashion designer because of the intricate structures as the essence of his designs. The inherent structuring of his patterns can be interpreted[...]
” Paledi Segapo was born in Soweto and obtained a Master’s degree in Business Leadership with his thesis on Growth Strategies for SA Fashion Enterprise. He recently started his fashion label, PALSE Homme, as well as a Business & Image consultancy. Segapo is a fashion contributor for various local magazines[...]
“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[...]
“Gina and Caren Waldman began their career in fashion design together in 2003, where they started making underwear out of their parents home. Their experience in design however, had already been cultivated. Caren studied at the Parson’s School of Design in New York whilst Gina got her Mater’s Degree in[...]