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 Cape Town Fashion Week
Aug 8-11, 2007 |
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Cape Town Fashion Week to celebrate Milestone 5th Year in Style
Cape Town July 2007 - Premier South African fashion showcase, Cape Town Fashion Week, celebrates its landmark fifth spring/summer collections from the 8th – 11th August 2007, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). The event is to be held for the first time in association with the newly formed Cape Town Fashion Council and with the support of both the Provincial Government of the Western Cape and the City of Cape Town.
Owned and presented by African Fashion International (AFI), Cape Town Fashion Week has quickly become a powerful champion of South African fashion, providing a world-class platform to introduce new seasonal collections to buyers, media and the public. Cape Town’s long heritage as the centre of SA’s fashion industry, combined with a growing international reputation as a unique style destination, has played a key part in the growth of one of the continents most respected fashion events.
Leading South African designers showing at Cape Town Fashion Week include Gideon, Kluk CGdT, Gavin Rajah, Habits by Jenny Le Roux, Rosenwerth by Gabi Rosenwerth, Maya Prass, Hip Hop by Cheryl Arthur, Port by Craig Port and Fred Eboka amongst many others. To add international flavour, Cape Town Fashion Week will also host a guest collection from Julia Dalakian one of Russia’s leading designers as part of an ongoing exchange with Russian Fashion Week.
The CTFC will host for the first time an industry conference at Cape Town Fashion Week to brain storm with fashion entrepreneurs what the key issues are facing the industry as a base of a competitiveness programme and seminars developed and offered by the CTFC. The event will also feature, for the first time, an exhibition space for designs presented during the week and sponsored by the CTFC.
 “The association with the Cape Town Fashion Council (CTFC) is an important part of the strong growth and evolution of the event. With a leadership that includes some of South Africa’s most influential fashion entrepreneurs, experts and designers, the involvement of the organisation will provide a further boost to the event’s focus on business development for South African designers,” said Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe, Chairperson of AFI.
The week will be followed by a sister event, Joburg Fashion Week, held two weeks later from the 22nd to the 25th August. This will give designers the flexibility, for the first time, to showcase spring/summer collections in both of South Africa’s principal fashion centres.
The following designers have been selected to showcase their collections at Cape Town Fashion Week:
AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS
C’est Couture (David Tlale, Craig Jacobs, Thabani Mavundla, and Thula Sindi),
presented by Chivas Regal
Carducci by David Tlale
Cosmo Lingerie Show
Darkie by Themba Mngomezulu
Eboka by Fred Eboka
Gavin Rajah Couture by Gavin Rajah
Gideon
Habits by Jenny Le Roux
Hip Hop by Cheryl Arthur
In Style Charity Fashion Show
Julia Dalakian (Russia)
Kluk CGDT
Kobus Dippenaar Atelier by Kobus Dippenaar
Malick by Malick Basadien
Maya Prass
Old Mutual Vukani Fashion Designer Awards
Paul van Zyl & Zinzi Couture with Uwe Koetter
Philosophy by Jenni Button
Port by Craig Port
Rosenwerth by Gabi Rosenwerth
Sonwabile Ndamase for Vukani Range Collections
Stiaan Louw
The Pos+tive Collection (Errol Arendz, Stoned Cherrie, Hip Hop, Kluk CGDT, Gavin Rajah, Deola Sagoe & David Tlale)
For further information on Cape Town Fashion Week please visit: www.capetownfashionweek.com
For further information on Joburg Fashion Week please visit: www.joburgfashionweek.com
Tickets are available from Computicket www.computicket.co.za
For further press information about Cape Town Fashion Week or media accreditation queries, kindly contact:
Total Media:
(021) 448 2020
Cape Town Fashion Week Press Office
Notes:
About the Cape Town Fashion Council (CTFC)
The CTFC is the first established Fashion Council in South Africa promoting fashion design as a high value adding component in the Clothing and Textile Sector and to establish Cape Town as a globally recognised fashion centre.
The Council which is funded by the Western Cape Provincial Government was formally established in November 2006 and its aim is to play a key role in being the representative mouthpiece and common platform for the industry. Its functions include representing the diverse views of the fashion design industry, marketing the capacity to the rest of the world and ensuring that key interventions are made to grow and promote this industry. Furthermore it will create strong linkages with other regions to support a national platform.
The board of the CTFC was elected by the local industry and comprises of 5 designers and 7 additional industry players within the full Clothing & Textiles value chain.
Offerings by the council include a customized competitiveness programme for fashion entrepreneurs to learn and increase their competitiveness, an annual industry conference, workshops and network meetings in order to create linkages and unlock business opportunities between fashion design entrepreneurs and other industry stakeholders within the value chain.
For further information please contact:
Stefanie Vieira (Acting) Manager CTFC
svieira@ctfc.co.za
About African Fashion International (AFI)
African Fashion International (AFI), formerly known as Leisureworx, founded, owns and presents the African continent’s most respected and exciting fashion weeks (such as Cape Town Fashion Week, Jo’burg Fashion Week and co-ownership of MTN Durban Fashion Week) as well as other fashion-related strategic marketing initiatives.
AFI’s vision is to be globally competitive and recognized as the leading authority on African fashion-related initiatives and African fashion brands. AFI aims to improve the quality of fashion design output from Africa, to boost and promote African brands, and to dramatically raise the profile of African fashion designers.
AFI is headed by Chairperson, Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe, a well respected philanthropist and business woman who is passionate about the promotion of African fashion brands and African fashion initiatives.
Visit www.africanfashionint.com for further information. |
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