In 2024, the Karoo Winter Wool Festival (KWWF) partnered with Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion to host an intercollegiate competition aimed at inspiring young designers to explore local resources and nature through knitwear. The brief was to select a photograph of a Karoo landscape and design a knitted garment inspired by it. I [...]

Join us for our first Open Day event of the year. The event will consist out of an introduction session, a Q&A session and lastly a tour of our facilities. Guests will have the opportunity to meet some of our team members, get a feel for campus as well as ask [...]

On the 16th of May our BA 2 class went to visit the textile printing facility, Imaterial Textile Printers (Instagram: @imaterial_textiles) in Maitland. This trip was organised to assist them with a swimwear and co-ordinate design project with the theme "Joyful Fruit" in which they are exploring different patterns and prints. During their [...]

FASHION BUSINESS INCUBATOR PROGRAMME Initiated by Academy director, Inez Shaw, FBIP offers entrepreneurial mentorship to business owners. “You are your business so you have to take care of yourself to have a healthy business.” FBIP aims to provide support to entrepreneurs who are negotiating the start or continuation of their own business. [...]

Our new renewable power system - The "sew" must go on! Up to now, the big talking point has been the completion of our renewable power system. At the end of last year, Winelands Solar installed solar panels on our roof space, enabling us to add battery storage to the existing inverters. [...]

Join EG & RSG's Matric Farewell Project by nominating a matric boy or girl who are in need of an outfit for their matric farewell this year.