Tunisian designers are making their mark with outfits inspired by their country’s heritage
Siphamandla Dlamini wants to collaborate with visionaries.
There’s an eclectic mix of design and style in store but overall the impression is of comfort and ease.
Lukhanyo Mdingi is a fashion star on the rise. And while he’s shining on the international stage, his focus is on rebuilding his home ground.
The cash, the gossip and the general over-the-topness make for compelling viewing
Swedish fashion retailer H&M has just launched in SA, but has already managed to alienate the country’s 80% black population in just 140 characters.
Acclaimed young designer Lukhanyo Mdingi appreciates that it takes more than a pretty collection to build a brand that has staying power.
Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, who dressed first ladies from Jacqueline Kennedy to Laura Bush, has passed away at his US home.
Men are more willing than ever to spend on fashion, but there is room for growth in the local market and consumers need to take pride in SA design.
Fashion Weeks in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi provide a showcase for local designers and are spurring similar events in neighbouring countries.
The designs of David Tlale, Anisa Mpungwe and Craig Jacobs – who have created couture for superfans of local soccer clubs – have been revealed.
From hoodies to a Speedo or a pair of pope-type shoes, your clothes make a statement about you.
Digital boutiques are shaking up the fashion retail sector with competitive pricing, quality and designs.
Doreen Mashika has built a fashion brand with a conscience, dipped in continental heritage.
Fashionistas are dressing from the feet up in hefty, flat and defiantly unsexy shoes that offer function over form, writes Hannah Marriott.
Music remains centre stage at Jazz Fest 2014, but its full schedule will include a fashion show and photographic exhibition honouring Nelson Mandela.
New apps allow fashionistas to find and buy or rent similar items worn by strangers or seen on websites.
Defying moral outrage is risky, but an emerging star – Aamito Stecie Lagum – hopes fancy footwork will take her beyond borders.
The rise in fashion sales at the Design Indaba over the years shows the importance of the expo as a retail space and the expo’s ever changing face.
Kampala’s bodaboda drivers dress in trendy, colourful clothes to ?attract customers.
The fashion industry is under assault from the arrival of foreign brands such as TopShop and Cotton On – not to mention the South African government.
Fashion: Maki Oh shines on the world stage, from Lagos Nigeria to New York and Los Angeles.
Women posed as dead bodies are an advertising staple, including the new Marc Jacobs ad with Miley Cyrus. Why does fashion fetishise the female corpse?
From a new Bridget Jones book, a wedge-style boot and hipster beards ad nauseum, we review last year’s biggest, bestselling, and most shared.
Editor at Large of VISI, Malibongwe Tyilo takes us through the top five celebrity fashion styles in 2013.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Africa will be taking place in Tshwane this year with designers from over 15 African nations, says its chairperson.
As demand for crocodile skin handbags increase, luxury goods companies such as Louis Vuitton and Gucci are making acquisitions to secure croc supply.
A British zoo said it has banned visitors from wearing leopard or zebra-print clothes because they were confusing the animals.
British catwalk model Jourdan Dunn has added her voice to a campaign led by black models for more diversity in the fashion industry.
Pastel shift dresses, khaki, women’s faces on skirts and coats, bejewelled bras, neon and mismatched prints flooded the catwalks in Italy this week.
The creator of the Babatunde fashion brand aims to show the world that the continent is a force to reckon with.
Celebrity fashion designer Walé Adeyemi creates collections rooted in the confluence of culture.