Marli Fourie (right) with Tarien and Louis Erasmus and members of the Non-European family Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion Design student Marli Fourie has just had the opportunity of a lifetime, co-designing a range that was shown at SA Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2016 during October of this year. Brought up in the Little [...]
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 [...]
Clothing from unconventional materials Every now and again one comes across interesting competitions aimed at promoting innovation in fashion, be it recycling, up cycling, sustainability, or the use of novel construction methods or materials. Increasingly, established designers are also exploring the use of alternatives to fabric, or combining surprising elements with fabric in order [...]
Designs from the MaXhosa range Fresh from having been announced African Fashion Awards’ Emerging Designer for 2014, the founder of knitwear label MaXhosa by Laduma, has won the inaugural Vogue ‘Scouting for Africa’ award. He was one of eleven finalists from across the African continent. Laduma Ngxokolo was born and raised in Port Elizabeth, [...]
It is definitely less light when we wake up in the morning, and warm days are pleasant rather than unbearable. Sunlight has a richer, yellow quality, and the shadows on the mountains are more pronounced. Autumn is here, and with it, the new season’s Fashion Weeks. New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2015 started on the [...]
South Africa’s inaugural Menswear Fashion Week was held in Cape Town from 5 - 7 February 2015, showcasing the Autumn/Winter collections of 24 designers. The question has been raised whether the relatively small South African fashion industry really warrants a separate week devoted to men, but considering the significant rise in interest in male grooming [...]