Edgars Deal for Three eThekwini Municipality Fashion Development Programme Beneficiaries:
By Fred Felton | Mar. 19, 2022
The designs of three fashion designers that have come through the eThekwini Municpality’s Fashion Development Programme have landed a deal to supply clothing to Edgars.
The three fashion designers are Makhosi Ntshangase of the label ‘Sista Felas’, Kwenzi Nkomo of ‘Indoni Fashion House’ and Sandile Mlambo, the founder of ‘House of Alfalfa.’
The retail clothing store Edgars was impressed with their works and each of their collections will be available from March 2022. The collection of Ntsangase’s was supplied to Edgars in Sandton City Mall from 1 March; Mlambo has confirmed that his designs will be available at the same store later in March. Indoni Fashion House has started supplying Sandton City Edgars and her fashion has been receiving excellent reviews. As a result of this, she has been offered the opportunity to supply Edgars in Gateway Mall in Durban and Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Cape Town. Her designs are now available in three stores.
Ntshangase believes that the Durban Fashion Fair (DFF) has opened doors for her. She was a product of the programme in 2019. She has won awards which include being named DFF rising star and she was also the Vodacom Durban July Young Designer of year in 2019. ‘’I now employ a team of 20 permanent people,’’ said Ntshangase.
Mlambo also fees that his success involves the City’s Fashion Development Programme. He employs a staff of five and he has two studios in Glenwood, Durban and Maboneng, Johannesburg. Mlambo supplies a range of boutiques in Johannesburg and Sandton as well as Vitorria and Co. at the Pavilion Shopping Centre in KwaZulu-Natal.
Nkomo has based the Indoni Fashion House in Glenwood. She employs a staff of six people. She has also come out of the DFF programme. She co-owns the clothing store ‘The Fifth’ with four other women, three of which have also come out of the DFF development programme.
The City’s Fashion Development programme also helps fashion designers with the DFF Emporium which sells fashion designs for programme recipients and for other local designers of fashion.
”We are grateful to see this programme yielding positive results and these three fashion designers alone employ a total of 31 permanent staff and create temporary employment,” said eThekwini Municipality Mayor, Councillor Mxolisi Kaunda.
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