Miss ISA (International Student Africa) 2010 crowns Connie Kalule



Miss ISA 2010
Connie Kalule



A few months ago Couture Concepts produced its first Beauty Pageant - a challenge but fortunately a huge success for both Couture and the man behind it all Mr Kofi Simpson. Miss ISA (International Student Africa) 2010 was held at the Newlands Rugby Stadium in Cape Town (a must see venue for any big functions with more than 1000ppl). The evening was filled with amazing performers and the stars of the evening, 12 of the most confident and beautiful girls from CPUT, UCT and UWC. The night was taken by UCT's Connie Kalula who out shined all the other contestants with her beauty, poise and intellect. Well done Connie. Here is a montage on the evening...

The top 5 finalists

The Venue

Singing the Theme song for Miss ISA artist,
Teb ego

A group shot of the contestants being viewed by our judges:
Chad Saaiman, Sonia, Sive, Nolly Meje & Leo Large.

Tense

I decided to include a pic of myself at work..one word:
EXHAUSTION!

One of the hosts, Hectic 99's Laurian.

Miss ISA is already planning for 2011 so to all aspiring beauty queens - you can enter soon!

Look at what I found on the Chew Magazine blog....

 A video of my show I did for Chew Magazine and Puma Unity a couple of months ago...

DFS Premier Show Season 3

I was so keen to start producing Series3 for DFS on the 14th Oct. As the new Creative Director for the company- 

I was eager to please and do something different to the show.

Our venue (once again) was the beautiful and cultural Misael's Art Gallery in Bree Street, Cape Town. Our designers were Jessie Mckay, Margot Molyneux and Seventies Eighties Store. Here is a sneak peak of the collection from these designers.

 

 

Margot Molyneux

 




Margot Molyneux

 

Margot Molyneux

Margot Molyneux



Margot Molyneux

   


Margot Molyneux

 Margot Molyneux is stocked by Mungo & Jemima [108 Long Street, Cape Town], Spoon [Old Biscuit Mill, Albert Road, Woodstock], Autum Fish [89 Sir Lowry Road]

Seventies Eighties Store

Seventies Eighties Store

Seventies Eighties Store

Seventies Eighties Store

Seventies/80’s by Dawie Kiakia is stocked in the Baobab Centre, Long Street, Cape Town






Jessie Mckay






Jessie Mckay



Jessie Mckay



Jessie Mckay

Jessie Mckay

Jessie Mckay

Jessie Mckay

Starting with Series 3, Design For Style Fashion shows will occur monthly. An exciting new feature to DFS is its partnership Collage - an exciting Fashion Boutique in Long Street. More info on this new development will follow soon. Couture Concepts is a post behind but the Miss ISA (International Student Africa) post will be put up shortly! The winner was featured in the DFS Premier Show - Connie Kalule - hope you can spot her :-)

Elle Photography Competition Final Round

The long awaited blog post is finally here. Photographer Freddie Child-Villiers recently entered his final round pictures into the Elle Competition. I was the stylist. Our shoot was set in a Houtbay township under the theme Ubami Basekasi. Ubomi meaning Soul and Basekasi which is Township. The pictures follow a typical day in the life of a girl living in the township. As she goes along her day, she still managers to stay stylish and glamorous. 

This was our final product:

I truly enjoyed working with Freddie because of his perfectionist qualities, creative contribution and all round interest in the shoot. He is truly an aspiring photographer that will do well within this industry. I look forward to collaborating on many more projects in the near future.

Fashion Shoot with upcoming photographer Sivan Miller.

I recently did a shoot with up and coming photographer - Sivan Miller. Our location was the University of Cape Town and the photographs were in aid of both our portfolio's. I styled the model in signature Natalia Trisolino garments...

For more info on this talented photographer click here to have a look at his website!

DFS Finale at Misael's Gallery

Wow, what a star studded finale' at the beautiful Misael's Art Gallery in Bree Street, Cape Town. The venue was filled to capacity and there was an excitement in the air. The fashion on the night proved to be a winner! Well done to Natalia Trisolino, Leandra Do Pereiro, Nazir, A-list and Milijo. Here is our montage of pictures..

Natalia Trisolino

Natalia Trisolino

Natalia Trisolino

Natalia Trisolino

Natalia Trisolino

Natalia Trisolino

Milijo

Milijo

A-list

A-list

Nazir

Nazir

Nazir

Nazir

A-list

Leandra

Leandra

Leandra

Leandra

Leandra

Thank you to the amazing DFS team for all their support throughout Series 2. You guys all made it possible. DFS will becoming back much bigger and better from the 9th October. Click DFS for the latest news on whats happening. All pictures accredited to Michael Groenewald.