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10 next-level fashion talks from industry experts
These fashion industry heavyweights took to the Design Indaba stage to share trade secrets, personal motivations, and the infinite possibilities of creativity.
Rosita Missoni on a life dedicated to fashion
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Fashion and business icon Rosita Missoni talks about the love for her family as the driving force behind her success.
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20 Oct 15
Sindiso Khumalo on the love affair with her ancestry in her textiles
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The fashion designer draws from her Zulu inheritance in the design of her contemporary fashion collections.
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4 Aug 15
Selly Raby Kane on otherworldly fashion in Dakar
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African Design
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Design Thinking
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane is going beyond regular aesthetics and redefining the creative energy in Dakar.
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27 Jul 15
Shubhankar Ray on how brands can survive in the 21st century
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Creative Economy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Content is king but no one explains why quite like Shubhankar Ray, who re-engineered the brands of Camper, Levis and G-Star.
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9 Jun 15
Valerie Steele on cultural influences in fashion design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
From the Ottoman Empire to modern-day fashion houses, Valerie Steele discusses the history of fashion.
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5 Dec 12
Carla Fernandez: how heritage translates into fashion
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Design Thinking
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
With her Taller Flora label, Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernandez incorporates elements of her country’s heritage into the garments she designs.
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27 Jan 12
Laduma Ngxokolo on his Xhosa fashion line
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Laduma Ngxokolo incorporates traditional Xhosa beadwork designs into his range of wool and mohair garments for men.
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9 Nov 11
Sandhya Lalloo on redefining fashion design
Talks
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Sandhya Lalloo’s work looks at the spiritual experience of designing clothing.
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10 Oct 11
Han Feng talks fashion
Talks
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
From Nanjing to New York, fashion designer Han Feng talks about making it big, costume design and Asian influences in Western fashion.
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29 Sep 11
Adam Levin on South African fashion
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Fashion is an intimate social and political expression of who we are as a people. Adam Levin talks about this notion.
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8 Dec 10
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