KZN FASHION COUNCIL DESIGNERS FLY SA FLAG AT GHANA DESIGN AND FASHION WEEK

Accra, Ghana, 

“A visitor dances, they do not sing”. This Ghanaian proverb describes perfectly the intentions of KwaZulu-Natal Fashion Council’s beneficiaries, Zama Mathe of Zarth Designs and Amanda Govender of Amanda May as they prepare to board the plane for this year’s Ghana Fashion and Design Week.

GFDW is a globally recognised contemporary international platform for commerce, envisioned to direct, lead and promote both emerging and established designers and creative entrepreneurs to a global audience. Facilitated by the KZN Fashion Council, Mathe and Govender will let their garments do their dancing when they showcase at GFDW this weekend, thanks to a sponsorship from the South African Department of Arts and Culture.

Zarth is a luxury brand that is distinguished by its stylistic originality combined with the superior sartorial content of its creations.

The label was founded in 2009 by owner and head designer Zama Mathe. The Amanda May label is a designer range of clothing for women also designed and made in the KwaZulu-Natal province. It is created by a desire to make “beautiful clothes for beautiful people”. Established in 2007, the label is focused on high-end fashion.

                                              

The KwaZulu-Natal Fashion Council, according to acting MD Nomonde Masoka, “is constantly seeking lucrative export platforms to benefit emerging talented local designers”. The NPO empowers its beneficiaries giving them invaluable competitive skills sets and business savviness to succeed in the cut-throat industry of international fashion.