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Fashion

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/ 20 September 2009

Fashion dreaming

The annual Sanlam SA Fashion Week allows the industry to pay homage to its most cherished designer labels

By Karabo Keepile
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/ 30 June 2009

More than just white dresses

Who really cares what these women wear? Do we not have more serious things to read about? And perhaps a dress is just a dress is just a dress?

By Staff Reporter
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/ 4 December 2008

‘We are all beautiful’

TV fashion expert Gok Wan is so ‘absolutely, massively’ committed to making women feel better about their bodies, writes Hadley Freeman.

By Hadley Freeman
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/ 4 December 2008

Large and green

David Tlale’s new range aims to make fuller-figured women feel light and feminine, writes Thembelihle Tshabalala.

By Thembelihle Tshabalala
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/ 25 November 2008

The glamorous life

Lynley Donnelly reviews Glamour: A History by Stephen Gundle.

By Lynley Donnelly
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/ 20 October 2008

The end of fashion’s sharpest tongue

Richard Blackwell, the former actor-model who became the scourge of the fashion world with his annual list of ”worst dressed” celebrities, has died.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 October 2008

Fashion critic Richard Blackwell dies

Richard Blackwell, the former actor-model who became the scourge of the fashion world with his annual list of ”worst dressed” celebrities, has died.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 28 August 2008

Fur flies over pope

Pope Benedict’s fondness for fur trim on his hats and capes has come under fire from an Italian animal rights group.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 August 2008

Cape Town catwalks spotlight SA as fashion frontier

From avant-garde couture to wispy romantic ready-to-wear, SA’s growing viability as a new fashion frontier was paraded in Cape Town this weekend.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 August 2008

New fashion giant Zara takes the gap

Spanish fashion chain Zara has expanded rapidly in recent months to overtake US rival Gap and become the world’s largest clothing retailer.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 July 2008

Mutton dressed as lamb?

Almost everyone who covers fashion trots out style guides, all of which are notable for their horror of older women.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 July 2008

Borat’s ‘mankini’ gets a fashion makeover

British fashion designer Alexander McQueen seems to be channelling Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character with his latest take on swimwear.

By Simon Mills
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/ 13 June 2008

Finding a fashion China

Lynley Donnelly reports on an expedition by South African fashion designers to China.

By Lynley Donnelly
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/ 13 June 2008

Netting local design

Could the web be the next step forward for South African fashion?

By Lynley Donnelly
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/ 18 April 2008

Ways of being seen

A downtown "fash off" will highlight clothing as a unifier of circumstance and culture.

By Kwanele Sosibo
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/ 14 March 2008

Battle of the ‘biz’

Designers are looking beyond fashion weeks and promo speak and are calling for policy intervention, writes Lynley Donnelly.

By Lynley Donnelly
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/ 14 March 2008

Intimate presence

Marianne Fassler, whose latest collection was inspired by Marlene Dumas, talks trends with Lynley Donnelly.

By Lynley Donnelly
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/ 14 March 2008

On this year’s Fashion Week runway

In the run-up to the Audi Jo’burg Fashion Week, three designers offer a glimpse of what to expect on the Newtown catwalks.

By Lynley Donnelly
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/ 14 March 2008

As Njami likes it

Simon Njami on the show he has curated for the Jo’burg Art Fair and why he has called it <i>As You Like It</i>.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 28 February 2008

Size zero no hero

Helen Pidd reports on the British Fashion Council’s message of tolerance, health and understanding.

By Helen Pidd
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/ 29 June 2007

Bollywood bling comes to fashion week

Lynley Donnelly reports on what people can expect at the MTN Durban Fashion Week from Indian-born fashion designer, Vikram Phadnis.

By Lynley Donnelly
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/ 15 June 2007

Botswana’s small step for fashion

Tumi Makgetla speaks to fashion designer Mpho Kuaho from Botswana who has dressed models for the Durban July horse race.

By Tumi Makgetla
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