Fluidity is a cry of freedom, is the sum of different stories, dreams, longings and desires, it’s a river junction it’s about me, about you, about us. Here we merge, we are stronger, we are FLUIDITY. Fluidity creative team, 2021. “We are all bodies of water. To think embodiment as watery belies the understanding of…
I am everywhere and nowhere, I am everything and nothing, I am disposable butnever disposed off, I am always and will continue to be Omnipresent… Who and what am I? Am I too much, am I too little, am I enough,What we do know is, I am present.I am from decay of old and have…
Home Affairs is a department of The South African government and its main functions [are] to protect and verify the identity and status of citizens and other persons that reside in South Africa. This makes it possible for people to realise their rights and access benefits and opportunities in both the public and private domains. …
“What will you wear when you see loved ones again?” In the middle of a Covid infested year – a tumultuous time in human history – that was the question that circled my mind as both a fashion enthusiast, optimist and someone who understands and appreciates the power of what we wear on our backs. …
“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…
Through her self-titled clothing brand — Emelia Dorcas — the 22 year old designer has already developed a striking visual language by merging symbols and iconography from her Congolese heritage with her personal experiences as a part of her family and as a person from the Democratic Republic of Congo, living in Cape Town. After…
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…
The glorious, infamous ‘90s… a decade that some of us were born in and a decade that some of us were lucky enough to have truly experienced. In the world of fashion trends tend to be ciclicli so, what goes around comes back around. We’ve seen it within almost every decade belonging to the 20th…
I’ve been told that a dream about a snake could mean toxicity and trouble but it could also mean regeneration and renewal. The snake — cunning, stealthy, quick-witted, brisk — is an image that simultaneously inspires deference and produces fear. For Rich Mnisi, it is an image that began a sensuous body of work that…
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…
On a quiet street in downtown Observatory, a little studio blasts Destiny Child’s “Survivor”. Following that, La Roux’s “Bulletproof” fills the walls of that studio, except, it isn’t so little; not in space, or in its vision. Speaking to the director of Studio Candor, Maya, I knew instantly that this was about more than clothing…
“I loved what the Black Panthers stood for and what they created and I think there can be a new version of that if we can be organised and Pyer Moss is that. We’re a platform. That’s what we do well, not just the clothes but the message, the story, and the whole community around…
