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In-person SA fashion weeks are back, but why?

It goes without saying that the pandemic hit the fashion industry hard, especially with how social distancing, lockdown restrictions and cut-off supply chains affected the cornerstone of the industry: the fashion show. Fashion week globally is a billion dollar business. Designers and brands prepare for months to produce collections to be worn by the best…

Ixsnay | luxury focused streetwear transcending and translating our past

This article serves as another poignant example as to why I find our emerging contemporary local fashion scene so fascinating — a diverse pool of young designers who successfully manage to channel their personal life narratives into inspiration for their garments. Founded by three misfits, Mphikeleli, Thandekile and Mthunzi, Ixsnay is a creative collaboration which…

What is South Africa’s Lexicon of Fashion?

“Innocence, sincerity, nostalgia, belonging, joy, desire, assurance” — These are just some of the terms Andrew Bolton, curator for the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute, chose to describe what American Fashion is today. This year’s exhibition, accompanied by one of the most maligned Met Gala beige carpets in years, is ‘In America: A Lexicon of Fashion’, only…

Pandora ME collection // For every story, for every ME

Part of the charm of the younger generation is their careful balance of a nostalgia-based creation, with an almost equal dedication to affirming themselves and their future in all that they do. This precise balance — of two seemingly different approaches to creating and living — come together in a perfect marriage to form an…

Thebe Magugu brings home to Paris Fashion Week

This week marks the conclusion of fashion month across the globe and sees big names like Gucci planning their shows for Paris Fashion Week. For many brands, regardless of size, larger than life visions inspire the collections adorned on the catwalk, with many designers having taken the disruption to the traditional fashion cycle as inspiration…

Carol Lindiwe Bouwers and other black names for luxury

September gives way to fashion month across the world. It marks the issue of major fashion publications, which tend to be the biggest of the year, with many fashion forecasters making predictions of trends to come for the following year. We’re also just coming out of New York Fashion Week and The Met Gala, with…