While we are still awaiting the final result of the SA Fashion Week student competition (to be announced on August 29th) for which we have four finalists, EGAFD has just received some further exciting news: Three of the eight finalists in line for this year’s ELLE Rising Star Design Awards are ours!!! They are Alexia [...]
This year second year students entered the SAFW Student Competitions 2014: THE GREAT WHITE SHIRT. The brief was to transform the classic white shirt into a high quality, long-lasting garment that is also sustainable. Leading washing detergent brand Skip has partnered with the competition, and entrants were required to wash their garment with Skip [...]
Sketch by Daisie Jo Grobler Elizabeth Galloway students Daisie Jo Grobler and Alexia Hechter were selected as finalists in the Nokia Asha A-list fashion competition, with Daisie Jo being one of the two eventual winners. The competition was judged by esteemed Cape Town fashion designer Craig Native, and the winners have the chance [...]
We recently chatted to EGAFD alumna Jane Elizabeth Kotze. Jane won the Elle Rising Star Competition in 2012 and was awarded the opportunity to intern at Mr Price and create a limited-edition range. The Jane Elizabeth Kotze for Project range launched in November and is available at selected Mr Price stores and online here. We saw [...]
We are excited to see that the ELLE Rising Star Design Award 2013 Competition show will be taking place in Cape Town this year. ELLE Rising Star Design Award in association with Mr Price, is a celebration of young design talent in South Africa. Last year's winner Jane Elizabeth Kotzé graduated from Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion [...]
Anmari Honiball graduated with a three-year diploma in Fashion Design from Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion in 2010. Anmari's 3rd year self-expression collection was awarded the “Best Range on Show” by Robyn Cooke and Haldane Martin. After completing her studies in Stellenbosch, Anmari moved to Johannesburg to further her fashion career. Anmari was assistant designer to Marianne [...]
THE FASHION Café by Naulene One of the first projects given to the Second Years at the Elizabeth Galloway Fashion Academy was part of the SA Fashion Week Student Competition: “My Little Black Dress Became a Skirt” transformation garments. SPEC – using a natural black fabric with 20% embellishment, design and construct a garment that [...]