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FILE: Sneakers are not just utilitarian, they are a physical marker that could represent status, aspirations for success and economic prowess. Picture: facebook.com/nike

Fashion

These Jordans weren't made for hooping: The power of sneaker culture in SA

By Devon Thomas

Lester Kiewit speaks to sneaker heads about their culture in South Africa.

  • Excerpt: Limpopo brothers Denetric and Lebo Malope at Milan Fashion Week @DenetricMalope

    [PHOTOS] Ramping it up: Limpopo brothers shine on international catwalks

    Denetric and Lebo Malope both walked the runway at Milan Fashion Week and Denetric is super proud of his younger brother.

    47 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    How the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing SA fashion into the future

    Pippa Hudson speaks to creator, founder, and director of IFW Business, Nkano Senyolo, on the rise of SA fashion and how they aim to improve upon this.

    101 days ago
  • Members of the audience rise upon the appearance of an image of the late singer Aaliyah, who was posthumously awarded the Soul/R&B Favorite Female Artist at the 29th Annual American Music Awards 09 January 2002 in Los Angeles. Picture: AFP.

    HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: 3 albums zoomers must listen to before they become T-shirts

    The Gen-Zs seem to be inspired by the 1990s and early 2000s. But are they prepared to face the inspiration behind millenials' fashion back then?

    295 days ago
  • In this photo taken on 30 November 2004 Gerald Marie, former president of Elite Model Group, gives a press conference in Shanghai. Picture: AFP.

    'Haunted': Ex-models speak out against French fashion boss

    "It's haunted me for 20 years," Lisa Brinkworth, a former BBC journalist, told AFP of her encounter with Gerald Marie, the former Europe chief of the Elite modelling agency, and its fallout.

    341 days ago
  • Picture: AFP.

    Ferrari moves into food and fashion

    The brand colours of red and yellow dominated at Sunday's debut catwalk show, which took place amid the production lines of Ferrari's Maranello base in northern Italy.

    424 days ago
  • Ivorion-Burkinabè fashion designer Pathé Ouedraogo in his store in Abidjan on 26 May 2021. A small self-taught tailor in his early years, the Ivorian-Burkinabe Pathe'O became the designer of African heads of state and celebrates the 50th anniversary of his brand, leading the "fight" for the recognition of fashion on the continent. Picture: Issouf Sanogo/AFP

    50 years on, Mandela's tailor, Pathe'O, is on a mission to boost African fashion

    Pathe Ouedraogo after 50 years of his trade is now at the head of a pocket business empire that stretches across 10 countries and employs 60 people.

    436 days ago
  • Moroccan-born Israeli designer Alber Elbaz for Lanvin acknowledges the public during the 2015-2016 fall/winter ready-to-wear collection fashion show on 5 March, 2015 in Paris. Picture: AFP

    Fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies of Covid aged 59

    "It was with shock and enormous sadness that I heard of Alber's sudden passing," Richemont chairman Johann Rupert said in a statement.

    474 days ago
  • This file photo taken on 16 October 2014 shows French designer Pierre Cardin posing at the Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris. Picture: AFP.

    French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies aged 98 - family

    Cardin, who was born to a low-income family in northern Italy but became a France-based fashion superstar, died in a hospital in Neuilly in the west of Paris, his family said.

    591 days ago
  • Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Picture: www.dolcegabbana.com

    For Dolce & Gabbana, no crying over crisis, be inventive

    Dolce, 62, and Gabbana, 58, spoke to AFP from an opulent Milan mansion where a series of mini-films for their upcoming haute couture collections were being shot.

    613 days ago
  • Palesa Mokubung, South African fashion designer. She is the founder and creative director of the Mantsho label. Picture: Facebook.

    'It's a Mantsho lifestyle': Palesa Mokubung on her plans for a fashion empire

    She’s bold and distinctive! Palesa Mokubung’s brand, Mantsho, continues to break barriers with prints and textiles. Mantsho has stitched itself deeply in the design DNA of South Africa.

    633 days ago
  • Hologram City's new lace wear for men. Source: Hologram City

    All things lace...for men

    There's new lace range for men, and the cheeky garments come in pink, blue, purple, black and white.

    1157 days ago
  • Picture: @Burberry/Twitter

    Burberry ends bonfire of the luxuries, use of real fur in social shift

    Burberry admitted in July to destroying £28.6 million of unwanted items in a single year to prevent them being sold at below-market prices and devaluing the brand.

    1436 days ago
  • A YouTube screengrab of the rompers for guys.

    [WATCH] Introducing rompers… for men

    A group of business school friends have raised almost $100,000 in a Kickstarter campaign to start making 'RompHims', a romper for men that the group describes as being both stylish and comfortable.

    1912 days ago
  •  Picture: Freeimages.

    At New York Fashion Week, it's all about breaking the rules

    Designer Marc Jacobs closed the week with his fall 2017 collection of fur-trimmed tweed jackets.

    2002 days ago
  • Dance student turned fashion designer Bhungane Gabriel Mehlomakhulu. Picture: Supplied

    Young designer aims to raise tuition fees with new clothing line

    The 18-year-old is a self-taught fashion designer and makes all his clothes himself.

    2087 days ago
  • Bontle Modiselle dressed by JJ Scoeman. Piicture: Neo Koza/ EWN

    SA Fashion Week kicks off in Sandton today

    The event has set the stage for some of South Africa’s more prominent designers to shine.

    2152 days ago
  • Mother of two, Thuleka Duke, started the fashion business two years ago from home with her partner Abass Maazu. Pictiure: Supplied

    Designing a better future: Fashion designer Thuleka Duke’s story

    The mother of two started her fashion business two years ago from home with her partner Abass Maazu.

    2155 days ago
  • A design by Laduma Ngxokolo showcased at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week incorporated Xhosa traditional attire with modern day clothing. Picture: @MB_FashionSA.

    Mercedes Benz Fashion Week ends with calls for African inspirations

    Designer Laduma Ngxokolo stresses the importance of designers using proudly South African materials.

    2189 days ago
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