NWSD: Forty & Fabulous

Marlene Oosthuizen

 

 

South Africa's design school, North West School of Design's Principal, Marlene Oosthuizen celebrating her 40th birthday and doing it in couture!! 

Wearing couture dresses design for her by Gert-Johan Coezee, Anel Botha & Jose De Canha. Here is a preview of her fashion shoot with photographer Donovan Roets. 

Dress by Jose de Canha
www.josedecanha.co.za

Dress by Gert-Johan Coetzee
www.gertjohancoetzee.com/

Dress by Anel Botha
www.anelbotha.com/

 

Happy 40th Birthday to principle Marlene!!

PORSCHE DESIGN

Porsche Design is a luxury brand with particular focus on technically inspired PRODUCTS. The brand was founded in 1972 by Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, 

and since then its products have stood for functional, timeless and purist design. 

The PRODUCT portfolio includes classic men’s accessories, a sport and fashion collection as well as electronic products and a men’s fragrance range. 

The products are designed in the Porsche Design Studio in Zell am See, Austria, and sold worldwide in the brand’s own stores, shop-in-shops, high quality department stores and exclusive retail outlets, like for instance the Porsche Design shop in Hyde Park Corner, Johannesburg that I've visited on Thursday night!

  

  

The venerable Swiss watch making house of Eterna is the license for the production and sale of Porsche Design watches.

Porsche Design has very little to do with Porsche the CAR. 

"Fifteen percent of their customers are Porsche DRIVERS," Michael Griffin says. - Who is the CEO at the Porsche Design Retail stores in South Africa. Making it clear again that Porsche Design is not about “pushing car merchandise”.

The first iconic Porsche Design product – the world’s first black watch - was not intended to create an inevitable cataclysm in the design world. 

“Ferdinand Porsche developed a black watch because he questioned the easiest way to tell the time. And that was white indicators on a black dashboard. It was about good design.”

From jackets to shirts, pants and sporting wear; The current product range includes mens- and womenswear – including the engineered range created in collaboration with Adidas. 

Pens, watches, luggage, sunglasses and even perfume complete the range.

"Rather buy one item that costs thousands of rands and keeps longer, than buying three items for less that won't last that long..." -Michael Griffin

Being in the store for the first time (at Hyde Park Corner), was an experience! I’ve learned soo much while I was there.. browsing, touching and experiencing the Porsche Design feel! 

I see Porsche Design deffenitly in a different way... but in a good way!!! 

Porsche Design is for everyone!!

So if you ask my opinion...

Porsche Design stays ICONIC!!

ICON: Latest Competition & News

Since I'm ICON Ready2Wear's 

newest blogger, as promised here 

is the recent info regarding the 

latest fashion news and competitions 

from them. 

ICON Ready2Wear have launched 

their Facebook competition 

with Rimmel (the cosmetics brand) 

and will giving away weekly 

prizes on their Facebook page. 

https://www.facebook.com/iconready2wear

Get the London look with ICON and Rimmel!!

Also news...

Kemsley Fraser & his design team are working hard on their Summer '12 range 

that will be launching towards the end of July, and things are looking 

great so far. 

Will update later some pics of some of their new Summer samples they are working on. 

So thats the latest for now.  

Stay ICONic... :)

José de Canha COUTURE

His avant-garde approach never loses his design touch of class or eloquently serene elegance and today top designer José da Canha finds himself nestled in the Northwest province dressing beauties from 2011's Mrs. South Africa for their cocktail wear to fairest matric ladies and brides.

Designer José graduated from the fashion academy NWSD as he was announced the "Top Designer" for this institution in 2003. This prestige's award came shortly after he was awarded the "Best Team Award" in 2002. Since then, José, each year on end, set his personal design bar on new heights with his continuous evolvement in design couture.

Having worked with reputable designers in the industry such as Michael Bezuidenhout, José dressed and worked in collaboration with designers for events such as Miss South Africa and he was fortunate enough to dress personalities such as Zuraida Jardine and Amor Vittone before he traded his love for Parys for the Northwest Province.

He continued his success in the industry with the "Best Matric Dress Parys" in 2007.

 April 2010 ear-marked success in the fashion design industry when José da Canha went solo as an independent designer within only four years of his career as a creative designer. 

He was selected as the an official designer for 

Miss Klerksdorp in 2010 and 2011 and simultaneously embarked on his 

next major community project for the North West Community known 

as "Matric Cinderella", a project which is very dear to a passionate 

individual, José.

José also stepped up to the design request plate together with the models of 

the Pageant Academy and Queen of the Universe, Zee Dyson, with a request 

by Edith Venter that model's, dressed by José, modeled with Labrador 

puppies in order to raise money at the Colour Burst Ball in aid of the 

Guide Dog Association held at Monti Casino in September 2010.

José's passion for design and his clients and his ongoing involvement 

in all of the above mentioned as well his participation so many new 

projects combined with constant revolutionary designs and trend setting will 

continue to position José da Cahna as one of the top designers in South Africa.

http://www.josedecanha.co.za/