Fashion For Charity Durban (FFCD): June 2012

Friday, 22 June 2012

New York, New York!

Start spreading the news
I am leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York

These vagabond shoes
They are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it
New York, New York

I want to wake up in that city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap

My little town blues
They are melting away
I gonna make a brand new start of it
In old New York
If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

New York, New York
I want to wake up in that city
That never sleeps
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the list
Head of the heap
King of the hill

These are little town blues
They have all melted away
I am about to make a brand new start of it
Right there in old New York

And you bet baby
If I can make it there
You know, I'm gonna make it just about anywhere
Come on, come through
New York, New York, New York!

Sanolia Naidoo, one of the Fashion For Charity Durban (FFCD) Directors is off to New York this weekend so look out for posts from her from the Big Apple!

Some of our favourites...

Some of our favourites at the Top Gear 2012 Festival held at Moses Mabidha Stadium from 16 June- 17 June 2012. We love the classics!

Monday, 4 June 2012

Fashion Featured at Fashion By The Sea

A night that saw the Country’s whose who all gather at one of Durban’s most fascinating fashion events, Fashion by the Sea. We at FFCD were honoured to spend the evening watching a show of spectacular standard and chatting with the likes of Liezel van der Westhuizen (who was also in town to MC the Comrades); we also got to meet some of Durban’s most elite crowd.

The show was divided into 3 segments and saw Colleen Eitzen open the first segment followed by Life by Andre Martin, whose pieces showed off exactly why his Life stores have been so very successful and continue to hold its place in the industry. New comer Zarth by Zama closed the first segment and left us speechless as we marvelled at her exquisite collection. I would suggest looking her up and adding her to your list of names to remember, so excited to see Durban talent doing so well!

Colleen Eitzen


Colleen Eitzen

Colleen Eitzen

Life by Andre Martin

Andre Martin

Zarth by Zama

After an interval (where glasses were topped up and conversation was stirred) we headed back to the pier for segment two. Amanda Laird Cherry opened the Durban Home Coming Segment followed by Tatum Keshwar opening for Craig Native and helped get everyone in the mood for his playful collection. We adored his models showing off some personality on the runway, very true to Durban’s charm.

Next up was Craig Port, who is also extremely well known and respected in the fashion industry; his collection was highly anticipated and definitely met all our expectations, sheer brilliance!

During another short interval, we caught up with Craig Port and he was gracious enough to chat with us and let us snap a few social shots of him.

Amanda Laird Cherry

Craig Native

Craig Port


Craig Port


Craig Port

The final segment may very well have been one of the biggest draw cards to Friday nights show and this being our first time getting to witness the elegance of a Gavin Rajah collection was overwhelming. The lights dipped, there was a slight dramatic pause and the first model appeared, nothing short of sheer beauty and elegance. Our every expectation was met and many young fashionista’s who braved the cold weather on Friday night left with smiles on their faces after one of our Country’s greatest showed why he holds a place in most women’s hearts and wardrobes.

The night ended with the sky bursting into spectacular colours as a fireworks display closed off one of Durban’s most exciting annual fashion events.

Gavin Rajah

Congrats to Lifestyle Oasis on a most memorable event!

Sanolia Naidoo (FFCD Director)

Verushen T. Appalsamy (FFCD Director) with Neil & Imraan (Drama Queen Studio Makeup Owners)

Neil & Imraan (Drama Queen Studio Makeup Owners)

Steve Mandy (Artist)

Candice Cassidy Coetsee (Model)

Kim Govaars (X&O designer) & Craig Port

Liezel van der Westhuizen (TV Personality) & Triveshan Naidoo (Director of TNI Import Export)

Sujay Harie, Haroun Hansrot (Fashion Designer), Liezel van der Westhuizen (TV Personality), Amanda Khoza (Sunday Tribune)

Candice Cassidy Coetsee (Model) & Brett Robson (Fashion Blogger)

Natasha Egling & Troy Griffin

Nabeelah Mohamed Haffejee & Yashna Maharaj

Prinella Pillay (Public Relations Manager- Gateway Theatre of Shopping), Cindy Liu (CRM Manager- Gateway Theatre of Shopping) & Lee Folkard (Photographer)