Not only has it retained its Coolest Mall status in the 2021 Sunday Times Generation Next Awards for the fourth consecutive year, but Mall of Africa has also scooped a total of nine wins in categories across the board - one Gold, three Silver and six Bronze awards - at the annual South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) Footprint Marketing Awards announced on 15 November 2021.

As part of the project Fashion Bridges – I ponti della moda created by the Italian Embassy in Pretoria in cooperation with Polimoda Fashion School and the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, and with the support of South African Fashion Week (SAFW ), ITA Agency, Centro di Firenze per la Moda Italiana

All the allure of live is set to return to local fashion as relaxed lock-down levels allow Mall of Africa to stage South African Fashion Week Autumn/Winter Collections on the runway to a select VIP audience from 28 – 30 October 2021.

The Mall of Africa in collaboration with SA Fashion Week is excited to announce the finalists in the Mall of Africa’s Face of Fashion Competition. This is a unique opportunity to launch the career of our next fashion supermodels as this never-before-seen, faces of fashion, will be spotlighted on the runway for South African Fashion Week’s Collections taking place from the 28th to the 30 October, and the SAFW, Pop-up Shop.

The Embassy of Italy in Pretoria, South Africa, in partnership with Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, Polimoda, Centro di Firenze per la Moda Italiana, Lineapelle, SAFW (South African Fashion Week) and the Italian Trade Agency (ICE), with the support of Nelson Mandela Forum Firenze is proud to announce the launching of: ‘Fashion Bridges – I Ponti della Moda’.

SA Fashion Week as announced that the preview of the Spring/Summer 2021 and trans-seasonal designer collections, which have been shot at the Mall of Africa will be broadcast digitally between 29 April – 01 May 2021. Considering the government restrictions, the globally selected audience will include media, buyers, SA Fashion Week Partners and designer VIP clients.

South African Fashion Week is proud to announce the 2021 SAFW New Talent Search finalists. Established in 1998, this competition serves as a springboard for the designers who enter, with those selected as finalists securing several opportunities for long-term growth.

Local design studios Lukhanyo Mdingi, Judith Atelier and MmusoMaxwell have joined together to take part in the Diamond Fibre Collections, a never-before-seen collection of designer fashion that celebrate the versatility and luxury of mohair.

South African Fashion Week (SAFW) and Mall of Africa will be launching its recently concluded three-year partnership by staging South Africa’s first hybrid designer collections showcase this year. In recognition of the COVID-19 requirements for social distancing, the ground-breaking fashion event will combine a three-day streaming programme of 26 digital runway shows from 22 – 24 October.

Following months of intense creativity and hard work, SA Fashion Week celebrates the announcement of the seven finalists selected by a diverse panel of our country’s fashion industry leaders for their esteemed New Talent Search. SA Fashion Week’s New Talent Search is our industry’s most definitive fashion award in South Africa. Established in 1998, this competition serves as a springboard for the designers who enter, with those selected as finalists securing several opportunities for long-term growth.

Cape Wools and Mohair SA announced today that they will form a collaboration on the next edition of the SA Fashion Week and Cape Wools Designer Challenge to become the Cape Wools and Mohair SA Designer Challenge. We are thrilled to announce that “De Mil” has been selected by an international panel of judges as the menswear designer, and “LUNAR” as the ladieswear designer.

October means it’s time again to diarise one of the fashion calendar’s most desirable dates - the South African Fashion Week AW 2020 Collections and Trade Show that will be running from 23 – 26 October 2019 at its current hot spot, the Protea Court Rooftop of SA’s shopping mecca, Sandton City.

South African Fashion Week (SAFW) has committed itself to a five-year plan to spearhead the development of an ecologically-based and sustainable local design culture by 2025.

SA Fashion Week’s (SAFW) New Talent Search is days away to discovering our country’s most talented future fashion designer. Established in 1998, this search is an opportunity to secure long-term growth for the designers who enter.

Distinctive craftsmanship and bespoke detailing will be the order of the day at South African Fashion Week’s (SAFW) Spring/Summer 2019 Luxury Collections in Johannesburg this year. Announcing the line-up for the four-day event in April, the 21-year old business-to-business platform reiterated its single-minded commitment to promoting a world-class African design ethos and industry across the continent.

Congratulations to the 2018 New Talent Search Winner:Cindy Mfabe - With an artistic approach, Cindy Mfabe is a contemporary ready to wear brand that treads the thin line between femininity and masculinity. Founded by LISOF graduate, Cindy Mfabe, the brand has showcased at Lagos Fashion Week and has been featured in numerous publications, including Destiny Magazine and Sunday Times.

SA Fashion Week Competitions are not only about winning the prizes. They play a key role in motivating students to develop their ideas and skills. It gives them a chance to gain substantial experience and the opportunity to analyse and evaluate the outcomes and uncover personal aptitude. It assists talented designers, with the potential for commercial growth, to start making the transition from a developing creative to a sustainable business.

In celebration of its official coming of age, South African Fashion Week (SAFW) has announced that its Autumn/Winter 2019’s schedule will take on a particularly festive tone as it looks back over 21 years of fostering the development of a vibrant local designer culture.

SA Fashion Week’s competitions are an undeniable springboard for young designers. The aim of SA Fashion Week competitions is to assist talented designers, with the potential for commercial growth, to start making the transition from a developing creative business to a sustainable business that can play a role in the Creative Fashion Industry, create jobs, wealth and contribute to the GDP of the country.

The South African designers who have been awarded the SAFW Cape Wool SA prize are Carina Louw and Natasha Jaume of Erre for ladies wear, and Keith Henning and Jody Paulsen of AKJP for menswear. Erre and AKJP will take the mantle from 2017 winners, Jacques van der Watt of Black Coffee and Ephraim Molingoana of Ephymol.