by Leigh van den Berg

 

It’s almost time for Mercedes-Benz Cape Town Fashion Week taking place from 30 July to 1 August at a new venue – The V&A Waterfront.

This year’s highlights include two new designers joining the fashion week regulars, Goose Homme Prorsum, a smart-casual Italian culture-inspired menswear label and XIPIXI, another menswear label with a distinctly African flavour made using ‘fine fabrics from Mozambique and Mali’.

Also, David Tlale will be launching his bridal couture line; Leigh Schubert introduces menswear and Dax Martin and Gayle Johnson have created an activewear collection with the profits going towards Operation Smile, a worldwide organisation that provides free, life-changing cleft palate- and cleft lip-fixing surgery to those in need.

What’s showing when

Without further ado, here’s a look at who’s strutting the runway and when.

Thursday 30 July 2015

17h00 – Goose Homme / Xipixi at The North Wharf

18h10 – Marianne Fassler at The North Wharf

19h20 – Stefania Morland at The North Wharf

20h30 – Habits at The North Wharf

21h30 – Adriaan Kuiters at The North Wharf

Friday 31 July 2015

18h10 – Lalesso at The North Wharf

19h20 – Michelle Ludek / W35T at The North Wharf

20h30 – Dax Martin at The North Wharf

21h45 – Ruald Rheeder and Craig Native at The North Wharf

Saturday 1 August 2015

10h00 – David Tlale at an offsite venue to be confirmed

15h00 – Lazulu / Imprint at The North Wharf

16h00 – Danielle Margaux / Lara Klawikowski at The North Wharf

17h10 – AFI Next Generation at The North Wharf

18h20 – Tart / Shana at The North Wharf

19h30 – Leigh Schubert / Ruff Tung at The North Wharf

20h45 – KLûK CGDT at an offsite venue to be confirmed