A South African human rights lawyer is one of the brains behind the international Maiyet fashion label.
We follow top SA designer Thula Sindi from his studio, to model fittings, in the days leading up to his big show at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Jo’burg.
For fashion designer Thula Sindi, pleasing his audience is more important than expressing himself.
A new sponsor is breathing new life into South Africa’s most important fashion industry showcase, which kicks off on Thursday.
It has taken eight years and more than one million Madagascar golden orb spiders to create a work of art.
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/ 16 January 2012
Gary Oldman, Adrien Brody and Willem Defoe are among the Hollywood talent enlisted to wear Prada’s suits and coats in pictures.
Big-name fashion brands are supporting women in Nairobi by employing them to produce their goods, and teaching them business skills in the process.
Red-carpet dominance, a London fashion week show, a new flagship store — and the Olympics. Next year has Stella McCartney’s name all over it.
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/ 7 December 2010
A new ilabel has found a unique way to sell independent South African music using designer T-shirts.
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/ 22 October 2010
Leather trousers are chic, wearable and not just
for old rockers. Admit it — you want a pair.
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/ 15 October 2010
The township has its own shopping mall and a university to boot, but it’s the fashion scene that really sets it apart.
A confession — it has been stalking me for years now, this crawling disdain for fashion; the certainty that it is not an ally but an enemy.
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/ 20 September 2009
The annual Sanlam SA Fashion Week allows the industry to pay homage to its most cherished designer labels
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?
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/ 4 December 2008
David Tlale’s new range aims to make fuller-figured women feel light and feminine, writes Thembelihle Tshabalala.
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/ 4 December 2008
TV fashion expert Gok Wan is so ‘absolutely, massively’ committed to making women feel better about their bodies, writes Hadley Freeman.
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/ 25 November 2008
Lynley Donnelly reviews Glamour: A History by Stephen Gundle.
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/ 20 October 2008
Richard Blackwell, the former actor-model who became the scourge of the fashion world with his annual list of ”worst dressed” celebrities, has died.
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/ 20 October 2008
Richard Blackwell, the former actor-model who became the scourge of the fashion world with his annual list of ”worst dressed” celebrities, has died.
Pope Benedict’s fondness for fur trim on his hats and capes has come under fire from an Italian animal rights group.
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.
Spanish fashion chain Zara has expanded rapidly in recent months to overtake US rival Gap and become the world’s largest clothing retailer.
Almost everyone who covers fashion trots out style guides, all of which are notable for their horror of older women.
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen seems to be channelling Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character with his latest take on swimwear.
Lynley Donnelly reports on an expedition by South African fashion designers to China.
Could the web be the next step forward for South African fashion?
A downtown "fash off" will highlight clothing as a unifier of circumstance and culture.
Designers are looking beyond fashion weeks and promo speak and are calling for policy intervention, writes Lynley Donnelly.
Marianne Fassler, whose latest collection was inspired by Marlene Dumas, talks trends with Lynley Donnelly.
In the run-up to the Audi Jo’burg Fashion Week, three designers offer a glimpse of what to expect on the Newtown catwalks.
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>.
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/ 28 February 2008
Helen Pidd reports on the British Fashion Council’s message of tolerance, health and understanding.