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World stage: South African designer Gugu Peteni (centre) thanks the audience after showcasing one of her collections at the New York Fashion Week on 11 September 2024.

Gugu Peteni: A story of creativity, identity and breaking barriers in fashion

The designer is redefining global couture with her bold range and storytelling

Objects of Desire: Little luxuries

H&M taps Rich Mnisi, while candles provide a ‘scents’ of place

Local fashion designer Rich Mnisi and Adidas have teamed up to celebrate Pride with bold prints.

Objects of Desire: New beginnings

Introduce something new to your repertoire of desires

One stitch at a time: Fezile Mdletshe guides students at Fezile Fashion Skills Academy, in KwaMashu, Durban, through their work. Garments created at the institution.

African fashion for Africans at KwaMashu academy

Growing up as an outcast drove Fezile Mdletshe to create a space for those who are considered outcasts by the education system

André Leon Talley speaks at a screening of his documentary The Gospel According to André during the 21st SCAD Savannah Film Festival in Savannah, Georgia, 2018. (Photo: Clingy Ord/Getty Images)

My life and Andre’s: How André Leon Talley paved the way for black voices in fashion

André Leon Talley injected much-needed intellectualism into fashion, inspiring others to find their feet

Celeste Arendse of Selfi is looking at new ways of reaching her customers. Photos: Simon Deiner/SDR Photo

SA fashion industry’s fragments

Local designers have a tough path to navigate to market and sell their clothing lines.

Our Mia Malan speaks to Laura Lopez Gonzalez about the recent allegations of racism at Wits Medical School.

Multiple masculinities reflected in SA’s menswear

It’s fashion for men who love clothes, in all of their forms, and that’s what makes this new.

The next crop of South African creatives

Take a look at three of the 40 up-and-coming design stars selected for Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives programme, who will make their mark in 2015.

Menswear steps out of the sartorial shadow

An all-male fashion week seems odd, but it makes sense when you realise the local market is worth R20-billion and growing.