The fashion landscape of South Africa is set to receive a major re-shuffle with the announcement of two new annual world-class fashion weeks. The events fill a long standing gap in the fashion calendar for an Autumn/Winter fashion week to bring South Africa in line with the international fashion calendar. The Autumn/Winter Fashion Weeks will take place in March 2007 under the titles: Cape Town Fashion Week and Jo’burg Fashion Week. The events will run within days of each other to allow greater access by foreign media and trade. Both events will be produced by the current organizers of Cape Town Fashion Week, Leisureworx.
The move was prompted by pressure from designers and fashion media to have a platform for Autumn/Winter collections and represents a coming of age for South African fashion; finally giving local designers a platform to compete on a global level year round. The two new dates on the fashion calendar compliment the three major Spring/Summer fashion weeks that take place annually between June and July and the organisers will be looking at further synergies between all of these events.
Dates for the next Cape Town Fashion Week (Spring/Summer) are 11th – 15th July.
www.nokiacapetownfashionweek.co.za
Words Dan Pinch
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Hey all,
If you’re looking for something truly different from traditional fashion, this might interest you as well.
I doubt many of you have heard about what’s happening on the Bangkok fashion scene. A group of us have started an NGO to finally get some recognition for those designers.
Here’s more information on that: http://www.soiwat.org.
Do let me know what you think about it.
Would love to hear your comments!
Doy
April 14th, 2006 at 7:11 am
well done for the good job you are an inspiration for students like us, i’m a fashion student with design school southern african, god be with you guys. Amen
July 13th, 2007 at 1:48 pm