So over the weekend we had so
many fabulous chats with different people that we smile from ear to ear. One of
these beautiful moments in life included a brief and nostalgic discussion
around David West.
Where are you Sir West? We miss
your clothes. Them tailored lines, light fabrics and perfect form fitting cuts.
Summer days will now only be recounted with vintage pieces from your
collections and iconic finds from Weekend Special.
One sad thing that we all
realized from the brief chat about David was that local consumers don’t back up
local designers. Another reason why Woolworths, Edcon and the likes thrive –
because they swallow all the design talent and we don’t get to taste their
clothes.
We once witnessed a collection,
menswear, by a young man from DAF last year. As we googled him to find out
where we could buy his clothes he politely mentioned that he’s working at
Woowlorths and his contract doesn’t allow him to trade outside the boundaries
of Woolworths…
Sigh…
Now we have to wait years
before we can wear his clothes, if he ever breaks away from the clutches of the
security of a regular income. Anyway, we just wish the other designers hang in
there… We need different… We need fashion designers…
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