Fashion for Africans, by Africans: “Social media has allowed us to tell our stories the way that we want to.”
‘For the longest time, I had the vision of having a fashion school in the township, and that was all I was obsessed about, not knowing the greater purpose is not even that. The greater purpose is accessibility and customisation,” says fashion designer and entrepreneur Fezile Mdletshe.
Because of years of bullying and being isolated, Mdletshe drew closer to what she loved the most, which was sketching and sewing. Her brother encouraged her to stay on that route as she was so brilliant at it. Mdletshe saw it as an escape from what life was throwing at her and her family at the time.
She says lecturing sparked something in her. She loved it so much she fell into mentorship, which is something she had not expected. She points out there are many reasons why people are not able to obtain a qualification, such as matric. FFSA is so committed to acknowledging the lived experience of the students that it teaches in the students’ home language — Zulu.
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