Black Coffee debut at Cape Town FW
At last, Cape Townians will get to soak up and savour the superb lines of the Jozi-based Black Coffee fashion favourite’s Spring/Summer collection at this years Cape Town Fashion Week, hurry up and buy your tickets to the show as last we heard, it’s brimming! Cape Town Fashion Week 13-16 August 2008.
African Fashion International and Virgin Mobile are very proud to announce that celebrated designers Jacques van der Walt and partner Dannica Lepen’s Black Coffee label will make its Cape Town fashion debut on Saturday 16th August at Virgin Mobile Cape Town Fashion Week.
The cutting edge label will now present its Spring/Summer collection in a stand alone show at 7pm on the last day of Virgin Mobile Cape Town Fashion Week. “Unprecedented demand this year has placed a major strain on the supply of tickets at all shows during the week, and the surprise announcement of the Black Coffee debut will relieve some of this pressure. Fashion pundits have come to expect Black Coffee collections that are fashion forward and completely original,” said Deon Redman, Creative Director for African Fashion International.
Black Coffee’s collection will precede the appearance of British supermodel Jourdan Dunn on the runway for the closing show, the Virgin Mobile Finale, which features Thembisile Mazibuko, Suzaan Heyns and Stars of Mzansi award winner, David Tlale.
“This is also exciting news for Virgin Mobile and adds to a long list of other impressive design talent showing”. “Virgin Mobile has a creamy history with Black Coffee as they designed the clothing range of our sassy advertising photography and we are always amazed by their level of creativity and attention to detail. Superlative stuff!”, said Nicholas Maweni of Virgin Mobile.
The Saturday schedule for Virgin Mobile Cape Town Fashion Week is now as follows:
* 18h00 Love Water Love
* 19h00 Virgin Mobile presents Black Coffee
* 20h00 Maya Prass
* 21h30 Virgin Mobile Finale
