Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion Design third-year students recently had the opportunity to show off their beautiful creations at the Graduate Fashion Exhibition. We invited friends, family and fashionistas to Lourensford Wine Estate in Somerset West on 29 and 30 November, where our third-years each had an exhibition stall showcasing the ranges they had been working on throughout the...
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Famed photographer Terry Richardson has set his sights on the lovely Miranda Kerr and created a stunning black-and-white portrait series. Each shot captures the model wearing Richardson's trademark glasses.
Kerr, looking splendid in leather pants, dress shirt and minimal makeup, added a 50s-inspired curly-haired wig to her look for the photographer's spur-of-the-moment shoot.
Taking care to...
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It always gives us great joy to celebrate talented young people in the fashion industry. Today we speak to Lize Engelbrecht, owner of WOW, a clothing boutique in Stellenbosch. We met Lize when she came to deliver a guest talk at the close of our first year business studies module.Lize has always had an interest in both the creative and business fields and completed a BComm Managerial Sciences at...
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Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion Design in conjunction with Radio Helderberg 93.6fm are giving one lucky listener the chance to win a one-year "Introduction to Fashion Design" part-time course to the value of R18 000.00
Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion Design is situated in Stellenbosch, trains young people who want to enter the fashion industry or become fashion-design...
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We believe that the fashion industry goes hand in hand with business thus we felt it was important to introduce the concept to our students. And since business is one of the subjects in our syllabus, we decided to invite a former student to speak to our current students about her experience as a business-owner in the fashion industry.
Tarien Malherbe was here to speak to our students on...
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Your step by step guide on how to make a summer tote
Step 1 - What you need:
* 1/2 metre sturdy cloth | 3 metres Webbing tape | 15cm spun bounded fibre-web | 15cm Polyester fibrefill | Matching threads | Marking pencil | Pins | Scissors
Step 2 - 1/2 metre sturdy cloth cut out the pattern pieces and mark notches:
Step 3 - Attach fused facing to bag body, leaving one...
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The Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion Design recently invited Cape Town bloggers, media and fashionistas to visit the school for a summer bag workshop. We wanted to show the bloggers our school and introduce them to some of the lovely lecturers and students that teach and learn here.
A handful of helpful students joined our intrepid lecturers Michelle Andrews, Marisha Eygelaar and Derek...
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Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion Design students and lecturers have invited some of Cape Town’s top fashionistas to join them at the academy in Stellenbosch this Saturday, 5 November 2011.
Each fashionista will create their own branded summer beach bag using a selection of colourful summer patterns that will already be cut out and ready to choose from upon their arrival.
Once...
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Today's Alumni Focus is on Crystal Birch, who graduated in 2006 with a Diploma in Fashion Design. Crystal Birch has developed her skills and interest in visual language in fashion. She is slowly becoming one of South Africa's most sought-after stylist and milliners.
Crystal has work extensively in fashion capitals New York, London, Los Angeles, Germany and South Africa. Her experiences...
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Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion Design is hosting its last open day of the year on Wednesday 2 November 2011. The aim of the open day is to inform interested learners on career possibilities in fashion design by engaging with the educational environment at Elizabeth Galloway. This informative afternoon will not only provide a tour of the facilities but allow prospective students an...
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