SA Fashion Week - #AW20

It's that time of the year again. 

South African Fashion Week kicks off this Wednesday on the rooftop of the iconic Sandton City Mall in Johannesburg. 

With 30 of SA's luxury label designers set to show us what they've got, this season is bound to be one for the books. Get ready to see what some of the biggest names in SA fashion have got coming down the runway. I'm really excited to see what Gert Johan Coetzee, De Mil, Lunar & Ephymol have in store for us. 

And the opening show on Wednesday is the New Talent Search 2019, which I think is always an exciting one. With a briefing along the lines of: Shaping the Future of Sustainable Fashion, entrants had to consider 2020 world trends to submit a 7-look portfolio combining contemporary shapes, style & construction with their creative inspiration. 

Get your tickets here. 

If you can't be there, get in on the online action & follow the conversations.

#SAFW #AW20 #SAFWAW20

#SAFWWomen #SAFWMen

#SAFWLuxuryCollections #SAFWLuxury

#SAFWTradeShow 

#NewTalentSearch2019

#SAFWSS17

SA Fashion Week brings you SAFW Spring Summer 2017 Collections. 

67 Designers - 47 Ladies Wear - 20 Menswear 

DAY 1: 28 March 2017

18H30 - A Woolworths capsule collection by SA designers

19H30 - Keys Fashion

20H30 - SAFW Resort Collections

21H30 - Sies! isabelle (Installation)

DAY 2: 29 March 2017

18H00 - Lufthansa 1st Class Collections

19H00 - DUT x Rise of the OXX Collections

20H00 - Rubicon

21H00 - Heart & Heritage, T'niche, Anmari Honiball, Judith Atelier, Lumin

DAY 3: 30 March 2017

18H00 - ERRE, Isabel de Villiers, Somerset Jane, Vintage Zionist

18H30 - A photographic narrative by Clive Rundle

19H00 - A date with a thousand years by Chu Yan

20H00 - JJ Schoeman, Sun Goddess

21H00 - Atelier Dajee, African Style Story, EKTA, Loayo Art & Creations, Sober

DAY 4: 31 March 2017

15H00 - Gert Johan Coetzee (by invitation only)

18H00 - SAFW Scouting Menswear in association with GQ Magazine
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19H30 - Tiller, No Shade, Pure Moon, Ellen Madie

21H00 - D.O.P.E, Esnoko, Afrikanswiss, House of Saint Luke

DAY 5: 1 April 2017

19H00 - F I V E  BLACK COFFEE WINTER 2017

20H30 - Floyd Avenue, Ephymol

SAFW Trade Event - The Park Hyde Park Corner

30 March - 1 April 2017 (NB - Press and Buyers Only)

SAFW Luxury Designer Pop Up - Centre Court, Hyde Park Corner

6 - 8 April 2017

Follow the Excitement of SA Fashion Week online:

#SAFW #SAFWSS17 #SS17

@safashionweek

@Lloydi_Boy

#SAFWAW17

SA Fashion Week AW '17

It's almost that time of the year again... SAFW Autumn/Winter '17 heads to Hyde Park from 20 September - 24 September 2016. 40 of South Africa's Top Fashion Designers have been given the platform to showcase their latest designs in this 5 day showcase.

Tickets are available from TicketPro.

Something very important to take note of. There is a dress code. STRICTLY NO COLOUR & Fashionably Formal (ie. that means NO jeans). Which essentially means that you are only allowed to wear Black & White. 

#SAFW - Rogue Wear

#SAFW Menswear Scouting brought some new designers to light on the runway this season. Winner Henni de Kock, designer of Rogue Wear, ensured that his runway collection was well made and executed. Another designer making use of the monochromatic palate of greys and black with a lot of different fabrics and textures.

Very glad to see more coats and cloaks on the runway this season in this collection. It is most definitely something that will fast become a very big trend in menswear in our country. That also depends on the market. Although I do think that this is most definitely a very 'wearable' range and that is probably why I like it so much.

Almost futuristic in a way, yet combining classic designs, this range sure had a bit of an air of mystery around it as it made its way down the runway.

Get in contact with Henni de Kock at Rogue Wear - 

Twitter: @Rogue_Wear

Facebook: Rogue

Website: www.rogue-wear,com

Photos courtesy of SDR Photo and available here.

#SAFW - Keys Fashion

Who said that short & sheer is not appropriate for Autumn/Winter 2016? Well, Ryan Keys from Keys Fashion most definitely showed us this in his new collection at #SAFW this past weekend. Couture is for every season. 

Ryan Keys is known in the industry for his couture gowns, so I was very happy to see so much more 'ready to wear' garments coming out on the runway from his #AW16 collection this season, which I think proves that he is a great designer that is now opening himself up to a wider range of clientele and a bigger market.

Colours ranging in this collection from the softer sphere of the whites and greys to the darker burgundy and blacks, brought out a wide selection and a great variety of very well made pieces, as one can always expect from Keys Fashion. Even some faux fur made it's way into this #AW16 collection.

This range, entitled "A Revolution of Love", saw Samantha de Bruin taking to the runway covered in latex, symbolising the burning of tyres around bodies during the Xenophobic attacks earlier this year.

Find Ryan Keys & Keys Fashion online:
Facebook - Keys Fashion
Twitter - @Keys_Fashion
Instagram - Keys_Fashion
Website - www.keysfashion.co.za

Photos courtesty of SDR Photo and are available here.