Excitement is mounting as the big day draws near with the Durban Fashion Fair 2012 extravaganza. The impressive list of Invited Designers and Mzansi Designers has just been revealed and we have the scoop for you. Check it out…
The Invited Designer category includes showcases by Gavin Rajah, Craig Jacobs, Kathrin Kidger and Zarth:
Mzansi Designers also showcasing their collections include Rock Paper Scissors, JSE Couture and Narainsamy:
Fashionistas and fashion fundis can catch up with the Durban Fashion Fair spectacle at four shows at various times on the day. The Young Designer show will run from 14h30, the Emerging Designer show from 16h30, the Invited Designer show from 18h30 and the International Invited Designer show from 20h30.
The annual Durban Business Fair will run from September 21st to 24th and will include a fashion pavilion that will promote over 30 designers. With a strong belief that promoting Durban designers cannot stop at the end of the runway, Sindi Shangase, Business Support Program Manager for the eThekwini Municipality Business Support, Tourism and Markets Unit, says that an on-going fashion academy and international internship programme will see successful candidates that perform well during the business workshop making their way to Italy for a two month long programme that will hone their skills for the fashion industry.
“What better way to promote local designers, link the creative industries to local and international retail opportunities, access international markets and train emerging designers than by holding workshops that can create a real sense of the ‘business of fashion’? This is a sector that is not just about looking good but doing good business in every sense of those words,” she says.
Shangase also added that she expected the Durban Fashion Fair to become an iconic annual event on the designers’ calendars and a week of fashion inspiration for which the City will be known.
For more information visit the Durban Fashion Fair 2012 Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/DurbanFashionFair or follow updates on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DbnFashionFair
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