“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…
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…
“We met when we were flight attendants working for the same airline, there was a lot we wanted to change but couldn’t, that’s when we decided to put our interests together and create something we both enjoy and have freedom to change what we didn’t like.” Immanuel Tappie Makuse, OFF DUTY Apparel co-founder Ever since…
The debut collection, “BTWN HVN & ERTH”, is a reminder of our celestial beings, our origin, our source, and our purpose of all creation. The collection takes you through a journey of the stages of enlightenment or the stages to reach your ultimate goal, an open interpretation of the growth of the Self. Nabeela September…
So, to start the conversation, I asked some member s of our local fashion industry the question alluded to in the title of this piece, “what makes long-term sustainability of a fashion label in our country so difficult?”. This is what I got… This question couldn’t have come at a better time — [personally] it’s…
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” Arthur Ashe A perfect representation of the above mentioned quote is Gabriel Mehlomakhulu’s BHUMEHL SS20 Quarantined Paper Collection creation. South Africa’s ongoing lockdown has not only restricted the movement of persons – but with it also came the temporary closure of many businesses…
Annually, SAFW (South African Fashion Week) sets out to give South Africa’s emerging menswear designers who posses a promising talent, the opportunity and platform to break into the South African Fashion Industry through its SAFW Scouting Menswear Competition. Amongst those chosen as this year’s finalists is young menswear designer Thabo Kopele; who is well on…
27 Boxes upholds sustainability, local economy and community and is one of the few spaces in Johannesburg with this contemporary retail outlook and aim. This cutting-edge centre offers unique spaces for social gathering, contemporary eateries as well as exciting retail brands. One such a brand is Mantsho Lifestyle founded by Palesa Mokubung in 2004. “Mantsho”…
“Fashion is defined as the art of the perfect moment, the now at the threshold of an immediate future” This quote is taken from the back of the book 21 Years of SA Fashion Week launched in November 2018. This is not the first time Lucilla Booyzen and her team have taken to publishing to…
“TO THE HOMIES WHO’VE HATED DOUBTED AND LAUGHED, WHO COME TO US NOW FOR AFFILIATION, VALIDATION AND ANY FORM OF COME UP, THIS GARMENT IS NOT FOR YOU… SPINELESS MOTHERFUCKERS. YÔNGN LAYZEE”, reads the first card in a stack held together by a rubber band and placed diagonally next to a pair of black sunglasses,…
The brand Born Out Of Boredom is a relatively new baby in the South African fashion scene, having only started early last year. Thinking back to the first set of tees and the lookbook he put together, BOOB founder Shakes describes it as embodying who the brand imagines as its fans – the “young, careless…
