Menswear range to be launched at SSAFW in Aug

26 Feb '08

4 min read

His show at the Summer 07/08 Collections garnered rave reviews including the ultimate endorsement by a New York fashion journalist who bought 80 percent of the collection and continues to place long-distance orders. Tiaan currently supplies Fab Lab in Sandton and the Black Coffee store at Bamboo Centre whilst recent fashion features in Elle and Wanted magazines have boosted his private client base significantly.

Hangwani Nenghovhela's Rubicon summer range also caught to the eye of a visiting fashion scribe, this time from London, with plans for a fashion feature in the pipeline. Business has been brisk following an insert on SABC 2's magazine programme, Zwahashu, that profiled her shop on Jan Smuts Avenue in Craighall Park. Her range is now stocked at Laila in Millpark and her designs may also be spotted on Muvhango actresses Khabo Nina, Elle and Florence Masebe as well as Mthunzi.Com presenter, Thobi Mkhwanazi, who have enlisted as Rubicon brand ambassadors.

Ella Buter, too has signed up new outlets for her Superella range - Salvation in Pretoria and Black Coffee at the Bamboo Centre. This has secured her a steady cash flow and enabled her to focus on growing her private client base. Ella will be featured with Clive, Marion & Lindie, Bongiwe Walaza, Mantsho, Terrence Bray and Black Coffee in an upcoming issue of Hong Kong's Escape Magazine that will focus on exceptional South African designers.

Tshepo Modiba of Artistic Soul has cracked the nod from several SA corporates keen to get their promotional merchandise on trend, with an impressive client base that includes heavy-weights such as MTN, Standard Bank, SABC and Smirnoff. His participation in the 2007 Prestigious Awards for South African women achievers, has now also given him a foothold in this key market which he has long wished to enter.

Finally, flying the South African flag high on the international circuit, is Albertus Swanepoel, one of our favourite local boys made good. Following the success of an accessory range which included batik-printed fabric produced by the Sizakhele crafters group in Pretoria, for Barney's, New York-based Swanepoel recently became the milliner du jour for luminary designers Carolina Herrera, Marc Jacobs and Calvin Klein's Winter/Fall 08 shows with his gorgeous, signature hats.

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