Fashion Lab

The team is joined by co-founders of the SA Fashion Forum, Luyanda Madonna and Ayanda Nhlapo. The SA Fashion Forum is a brand new fashion-driven event based on growing the South African fashion industry, by providing workshops conducted by fashion professionals in their respective fields.

The team is joined by two dynamic Kenyan Brands - IKOJN designer, Cris Njoki and AACHERA designer, Sophie Achera - to discuss African emerging designers rising above. It’s great to see African fashion brands and designers rising above their circumstances and using their platforms to move ahead in the global fashion markets.

Liz and her panel respond to concerns that have been raised within different fashion communities (between Africa, Europe and the US). They dissect how these concerns could pose a threat to our fashion businesses and how they can be managed.

The fashion Lab team - Liz Ogumbo Regisford, Eji Benson and Francesca Marzilli - recap on highlights around Fashion Lab conversations throughout 2017.

The team talks about brand identity, joined by special guest Carlo Parisatto, CMO of CADICA, with a specific focus on the ability to meet customers' needs, interpret their ideas and provide original advice and solutions for their business.

The team is joined by Marketing Manager of Save The Children - Rodney Knotts, contemporary artist Bev Butkow, and Marketing Manager of Uzwelo - Kirsty Fonzari to discuss fashion and social responsibility.

The team is joined by a few voices from the fashion value chain within the African Diaspora to discuss Black Friday, along with its impact on consumerism today.

The team is joined by CEO and founder of Ethical Apparel Africa, Keren Pybus, around the conversation on the current situ on ethical fashion in Africa and beyond.

Liz and the team are joined by the fabulous directors of 8th Ave Online - Jain McGuigan and Monet Viviers. Join the conversation around 'A Walk Through Africa’s Fashion Market 2017'.

The team discusses highlights around SA Fashion Week AW18. They are joined by interior designer and TV & Radio fashion correspondant, Alan Foley... as well as Leon Haasbroek, who has spent just short of 10 years in the fashion industry playing his forte for communications and brands.