Last night was the prize giving and design installation for both Avant Garde dress and Avant Garde object, sponsored by Pick n Pay and The Body Shop in partnership with vida e caffè and The Cape Town Fashion Council; hosted by Live Eco and vida e caffè at vida’s Wembley Square store.
We are extremely proud to announce that Live Eco’s sustainable design competition, Avant Garde {dress & object} has been recognised as one of the official projects on the World Design Capital 2014 {WDC 2014} calendar of events in Cape Town next year.
Last week the judging panel convened to determine this year’s Avant Garde dress winner and lucky recipient of the R10 000 bursary towards their studies for 2014, courtesy of The Cape Town Fashion Council.
We’ve come to the last of our Avant Garde dress Top 10 Finalists for 2013. Last up, but definitely not least, is Claire Sharwood from Design Academy of Fashion.
Meet our penultimate Avant Garde dress Top 10 finalist, Jade SImkins, from Fedisa. Inspired by artworks we look forward to seeing her “apocolypse upcycled denim” look.
Our next Avant Garde dress Top 10 finalist is CPUT’s Melissa Wynne, a once aspiring lawyer now has the sustainable fashion world in her sights.
Meet Minette Olivier, our next Avant Garde dress Top 10 finalist, and avid second hand shopper, obsessed with cats!
Meet our next Avant Garde dress Top 10 finalist, Julia Bass. This CPUT student believes in intelligent fashion and her Avant Garde dress design was inspired by hip hop amongst other things.
Avant Garde dress Top 10 finalist Marquin Sampson, is the only male student out of the 10 finalists. Marquin is our Avant Garde dress CPUT thorn amongst the roses! Let’s talk…
Our next Avant Garde dress Top 10 finalist we chat to is, aspiring yogi, Robyn Keyser from Fedisa.