MBFWAfrica Day 2: My Wish List

Thursday 30 October 2014 marked day 2 of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Africa 2014 and the designers kept the momentum and interest up from day 1. First to showcase was Congolese- born designer Tina Lobondi who showcased her “Au Cinema” collection which she says  was inspired by actresses whom she admires. Her collection was a hybrid of African andContinue reading “MBFWAfrica Day 2: My Wish List”

MBFWAfrica day 1: My picks from the ramp

Yesterday the 29th of October marked the beginning of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Africa brought to you by AFI. the show started with New York based Cameroonian designer Kibonen whose collection was embodied in so much bright colours, patterns and print. My favourite look from her collection: Up next was Intisaar Mukadan form Zimbabwe whose collectionContinue reading “MBFWAfrica day 1: My picks from the ramp”

Top local and international models to grace MBFWAfrica

Elegantly adorned in the latest designs from Africa’s top established and emerging designers, the flawless faces and beautiful bodies set to grace the MBFWAfrica runway have been sourced from all over the continent and the world – including South Africa, Barbados, Nigeria, Rwanda, Angola, Mozambique, Uganda, Cameroon, the United States, Haiti, South Sudan, Australia, Nigeria,Continue reading “Top local and international models to grace MBFWAfrica”

MBFWAfrica 2014: AFI Fasttrack winners to present Capsule Collections

AFI Fastrack™ winners to present capsule collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Africa 2014 Four young South African fashion designers will present their much-anticipated capsule collections in the final phase of this year’s African Fashion International (AFI) Fastrack™ Programme on 1 November, Day Four of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Africa (MBFWAfrica) 2014 at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg. TheContinue reading “MBFWAfrica 2014: AFI Fasttrack winners to present Capsule Collections”

Style Fashion Week Africa Press Release

STYLE FASHION WEEK AFRICA PRESS RELEASE STYLE FASHION WEEK AFRICA Date: 26- 27 September 2014 Time: 18:00 -22:00 Venue: Museum Africa, 121 Bree street , Newtown Style Fashion Week Africa is a fashion show that aims to promote and help designers and models all over Africa to enter the fashion industry and sustain their brands throughContinue reading “Style Fashion Week Africa Press Release”

Carl Jaro to present Afro.K

    Carl Jaro has once again landed another exciting project. He is set to host Afro-K a TV show that aims to promote young fashion designers in Haiti. Afro-k will run from 19 October to 2 November 2014. Afro-k ‘s mission is to develop sewing in everyone, they aim to develop innovative forms of meetings, promoting the multiculturalContinue reading “Carl Jaro to present Afro.K”

Dressed by Sipokazi from Dana Designs

    Thank you Sipokazi for dressing me for the wedding. I sure looked gorgeous. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danafashion?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/godukile?fref=ts  

Roaming the streets of Durban

7 June marked my 23 years of existence in this world, so to celebrate I took to Durban to spend the weekend exploring with my friends. 2014 is a year of a lot of first times for me so it was really exciting for me to be in Durban for the first time. We spent theContinue reading “Roaming the streets of Durban”

Carl Jaro: From Haiti to France to the rest of the world

Carl Jaro is a France-based  model, of Haitian origin born in Port-au-Prince (Haiti) who moved to France when he was only seven years old. He is not only just a model but he is also an actor. Carl Jaro is distinguished by the distanced way he looks at the symbolic role of fashion in the constructionContinue reading “Carl Jaro: From Haiti to France to the rest of the world”

“Age won’t stop me from dreaming big”: Sights set on New York

Casey Devereux is a 12 year old from Eldorado Park who has so much love for modelling that she started entering beauty pageants when she was young. Entering Eldo’s Top Model afforded Casey a chance to cross parts with Figures Modelling Agency, an agency that has awarded her and 9 other girls internships  and aContinue reading ““Age won’t stop me from dreaming big”: Sights set on New York”