a great event to add to any South Africa holiday itinerary is Joburg Fashion Week. She is being held in Johannesburg during the month of February, a gathering of some of South Africa's most pioneering, inspiring and creative designers. This is a must for any real fashion worth their salt, and this year looks set to be an event full of surprises and innovations.
New Directions
Dr Precious Molo-Motsepe, president of the African Fashion International (AFI), and some of the big names in the fashion world attended the African stars of the event that announced the dates and locations for 2011 Joburg Fashion Week. If you plan to visit this event to your South Africa holiday and then hold onto your hats for big changes this year. Dr. Molo-Motsepe also revealed his desire that the city of Johannesburg fashion capital of Africa, a new direction that Fashion Week will be taking. She spoke about the "vision of a stronger company that will serve as a catalyst for development and growth of the fashion industry, which provides local and global participation ."
Taking Fashion to the city
One of the ways organizers hope to Fashion Week even more interesting is to include the entire city in the fashion extravaganza, so that the events on the streets and use the beautiful buildings and monuments that populate the city. For example, if you happen to review the National Gallery sometime in February, while in South Africa holidays, May you be lucky enough to see Stiaan Louw show their provocative menswear collection. Or maybe Nelson Mandela Bridge is on your list of 'things to do while in South Africa vacation. "If this is true then you May be happy to catch a glimpse of David Tlale, whose show will be closing the culmination of this exciting week of fashion.
key players
event is populated with a number of journalists and stakeholders, as well as designers, and AFI has introduced some new faces that will be the driving force behind the vision of this year's Fashion Week. Among the famous names of Paul Leisegang, the new director, and Jan Malan of Umzinggeli.
Joburg Fashion Week, starting from 15 February, will last four days and looks set to be an exciting series of fashion events - something you do not want to miss if you vacation in South Africa fall in that month.