Joburg Fashion Week: David Tlale WOWs!
Represent’s resident fashion guru Vincent Zondo delves into this year’s spring/summer Fashion Week in Jozi with a penload of zest – he starts off with the formidable David Tlale, wawawewa, uDavid, you make us so proud. He has officially cemented his position of a MUST HAVE desirable in our dreams of a glamorous wardrobe, get your hands on his creations before the rest of the world snaps them up. Represent! Sharpile!:
The Joburg fashion week came and left us feeling fabulously excited and inspired about this year’s spring/summer collections. Very early into the fashion week, I made a conscious decision that this years Inspiration, like style – should last a bit longer.
FASHION INSPIRATION SHOULD LAST LONGER:
Every year fashion week comes and goes, different designers work very hard to showcase their collections and more often than not – after the shows and the week, not much is said about the designers and their collections. Maybe the excitement dies as focus get dragged off somewhere else.
But this year, I have decided to try something different – as opposed to a rushed week-long media coverage of the fashion week. I wanted to celebrate some of our designers work for just a bit longer, but most importantly I wanted all fashionistas and admirer’s alike to get a detailed glimpse of this year’s Spring/Summer collection from the Joburg fashion week.
This way, the inspiration of all things fabulous in the world of fashion will hopefully last a bit longer amongst us, well…at least until the next fashion week.
David Tlale, at the tip of glamour (click on images for close ups).
DAVID TLALE ORIGINAL – THE COLLECTION:
I recently read an article about this fantastic designer work and I was incredibly excited about his vivid articulation and views on South African trends not being too far off from Parisian trends. And for me, his collection this year was a bold expression of that statement.
There is often nothing understated about David’s collection and this year was no exception. “He understands that a show is a concept and the pieces you put together as a designer should come alive on the runway to tell a story, Furthermore opulence and extravagance is always boldly displayed within Tlale collection”, said Lerato, Sunday Times – Lifestyle editor.
Colour combination always gives character to his designs and paired with his immaculate eye for fabrics – velvets, silk satins and chiffons combined have never collectively spelled-out, FABULOUSITY and OPULENCE, quite like this.
WHO GETS TO WEAR A DAVID TLALE ORIGINAL?
A David Tlale Original, exudes style, drama and celebrates a strong women for the Goddess that she is.
Who might this woman be, you ask? Well, I will have to say…it’s the kind of woman who wants to make a statement, the one that enters a room and her presence is instantly felt by all. What better way to do this than in a David Tlale original?
After the show, I managed to catch brand builder, Thebe Ikalafeng to get his comments and he said, “He has GOEDSPA, that why I love his designs and come to his shows”.
AN EVOLVING BRAND:
In the past couple of years, I have been fortunate enough to catch a lot of David Tlale’s shows and each year, he progress in his thinking and creativity, style, business approach and definitely in being the ultimate fashion icon locally and globally while staying quite relevant to his market and fans alike.
And all I have to say is, Galliano…who?
By, Vincent Zondo – BR@ND PUBLICIST
Images Courtesy of Johannesburg Fashion Week. Photographer: Simon Deiner.
