SA Fashion Week workshops – doing their bit
It’s awesome to find out that this years SA Fashion Week again has a social responsibility angle to it (it’s been going for a few years) – Bravo guys. The problem all too often with fashion in SA is that it tends to be perceived and in reality reserved for the privileged few… Many a fashion event that we have attended has had a snotty air permeating the crowd, leaving one feeling badly …
dressed and clearly not in the inner circle. Exclusive… This has to change and it sounds like it is! SA Fashion Week is from the 27 – 30 July 2006. Here are two interesting projects on the go….
Since March 16 and up until April 26, this years fashion week is rolling out a country-wide bunch of workshops bringing high-level designers like Stoned Cherrie, Craig Native, Sun Goddess, Marion & Lindie, Ephymol, Holmes Brothers and Black Coffee together with local designers and crafters ” to foster a much closer relationship between crafts and design from the grassroots level… in an effort to build sustainable regional fashion and craft fusion hubs.”
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And to celebrate a decade of South African Fashion Week (SAFW), teams of established fashion designers will join forces with some 27 up and coming designers, three from every province. In addition up to 25 crafters in the provinces will assemble for the workshops. In total some 252 individuals will create new and unique designer collections that will be exhibited and sold at the 2006 SAFW, with nine of the selected designers undertaking to stock products in their boutiques for a period of one year.
The vision of the program is to nurture an appreciation of local fashion in the minds of the South African consumer and strengthen international interest in South African fashion. It also aims to highlight the creativity and diversity of South African designers and crafters and to develop the growth and business potential of the industry.
POLOKWANE – 27 – 29 March
– Stoned Cherrie
– Palesa Tshukudu
– Clive Rundle
JOHANNESBURG – 30 March – 1 April
– Lunar
– Aubrey Ramatla
– Irmgard
CAPE TOWN – 3 – 5 April
– Lunar
– G-Mo/Frances Andrews
– Darkie
BLOEMFONTEIN – 6 – 8 April
– Ephymol
– David Tlale
– Jacques (Blasoen)
PORT ELIZABETH – 10 – 12 April
– Sun Goddess
– Bongiwe Walaza
– Palesa Mokubung
KIMBERLEY – 18 – 20 April
– Lindie
– Thula Sindi
– Elaine (Blasoen)
DURBAN – 24 – 26 April
– Holmes Brothers
– Sifiso Mthethwa
– Rozanne Immerman
THEN THERE IS THE STUDENT SHOE DESIGNING COMPETITION!!
The challenge:
To design and create a pair of shoes to be exhibited at Sanlam SA Fashion Week 2006
Who can enter?
Open to FINAL-YEAR STUDENTS ONLY (3rd & 4th year students)
A R10 000.00 cash prize is awarded to aid the student in launching their career
Requirements:
Size:
To scale – life size
The piece will be suspended in the exhibition hall, so silhouette should be carefully considered
Judges’ Criteria:
-A contemporary design approach
-Excellent workmanship & finish
-Originality, creativity & innovation
-Suitable for display: stable, and with a well-considered silhouette
-Clear labeling: name, college & contact number to be stitched inside the shoes
-Price included on label if student agrees to selling the shoes
-Students may customize an existing pair of shoes only if these are transformed into something completely original
Uses:
A selection to be displayed at SSAFW
A number of pieces have attracted media attention in the past and been featured in publications like VISI and the newspapers etc
Prizes:
First prize:
R10 000.00 to help launch your career
Top three:
-attend the full Arts & Culture Fashion Seminar
-tickets to attend 3 designer shows (selected by SSAFW)
-free entry to the SSAFW exhibition from 27 – 30 July 2006
-SSAFW to provide travel and accommodation for students outside Gauteng
Deadline:
Friday 30 June 2006 – 16H00 latest:
1st Floor Design District, corner 7th Ave and Keyes Ave, Rosebank, JHB, 2193
Winners will be announced Tuesday 11 July 2006.
Info:
Tamara Hancock: (t) 011 442 7812 or Email Tamara by clicking here
