Estate Living Magazine Invest SA - Issue 41 May 2019 | Page 60

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SOUTH AFRICAN DESIGN IS GOING…
WELL…
EVERY-
WHERE
South African design is
going places. Porky Hefer’s
installations and furniture
designs, Andile Dyalvane’s
ceramics, Rich Mnisi’s fashion
and furniture designs, and
Dokter and Misses’ furniture
and product designs are just
some local pieces increasingly
rocking art fairs and exhibition
halls around the globe.
Foundry Proof & Woven Forms, Southern Guild, Photo by Hayden Phipps
Rich Mnisi has come a long way from Kempton Park, baby. Last year he
introduced the ‘Africa Explosion’ collection at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion
Week in Moscow, and was then promptly featured in Italian Vogue. He
is also one of the designers Beyoncé chose to wear – a blouse and half-
pleated skirt – while in South Africa for the Global Citizen Festival recently.
British supermodel Naomi Campbell is also a fan.
Also in fashion, Swedish multinational clothing retailer H&M recently
announced its first African collaboration with local designer Palesa
Mokubung. From August, her Mantsho label will be available in stores in
the USA, the UK and Israel, as well as some European and South American
countries.
‘We love how she works with colour, print and silhouettes, enhancing the
female shape in a flattering and playful way,’ H&M’s Pernilla Wohlfahrt said
recently. 
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