Lapologa October/November issue 2012

Pick up a copy of the October/November issue of Lapologa to check out the amazing fashion spread in there for Summer 2013. If the cover hasn't captivated you yet to pick up a copy, I've included a preview of what is to be found inside. 

 

 

Cover Credits

 Model: Michelle Chikazunga

Earring Designer: House of Divinity

Head Piece Designer: TswanaLyric

Make-up: Kelebogile Hirschfeld

Photography: Shike Olsen

Spread Credits

Model: Isabelle Land

Make-up: Kelebogile Hirschfeld

Photography: Shike Olsen

Look Book in the making

This was the photo shoot putting together the Gilded Sands look book for S/S 2013. Absolutely gorgeous location coupled with a very awesome team. What more could I ask?

 

MODEL | beautiful Michelle Ngaa Chikazunga
MODEL | beautiful Natora K Inger G
DESIGNER | Gilded Sands / Aobakwe Molosiwa
MAKE UP | Gwen Lebo Isaacs
PHOTOGRAPHY | Petra Rolinec / 8ties baby - photography

Re-branding

A logo re-branding has been on the cards for quite some time. And what better time to get onto a new look and feel than now, when I'm putting together a look book to go online? Why now? Gilded Sands, I feel, is at the perfect conjunction of gaining awareness through the local media; having the general populace now getting to know about us and very soon to be expanding production. Quite intense milestones to be encountered in just a short year.

It just feels right.

This new logo manages to still encapsulate what Gilded Sands stands for, while offering a cleaner aesthetic. Not nearly as fussy and detailed as the previous logo was; the new logo offers a bolder approach to what my design philosophy is. This new logo is also brilliantly timed for the launch of my first collection as an established designer, at Swahili Fashion Week in early December, which I am starting on Monday.

Mmegi article

There was a pretty awesome article about my journey thus far published in the Mmegi Newspaper on Wednesday.

Please do have a read

Gaborone Fashion Weekend media coverage

Bonang, a local lifestyle television show, ran a feature on Gaborone Fashion Weekend

Check it out here

Global Grind, of which Russell Simmons is a majority shareholder featured Gaborone Fashion Weekend
 Have a peruse about it all here
Their twitter  handle is @GlobalGrind

Lapologa: Botswana's leading lifestyle glossy

This was the August/September 2012 issue of Lapologa, where the designers showcasing at Gaborone Fashion Weekend 2012 got to experience what models go through to nail the cover shot for this amazing glossy.

Images by Igor Barandovski

Colour in the Desert 2012

The collection that won Gilded Sands the title of Best Emerging Designer in the Emerging Designer Competition at Colour in the Desert 2012

 Photos by Michael "Mikey S" Mba at www.whoismido.com

Gaborone Fashion Weekend 2012

Gilded Sands Spring/Summer 2012/13 Collection showcased at Gaborone Fashion Weekend, August 2012

Photos by Michael "Mikey S" Mba and Donald Chipumha