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Palesa Mokubung
South African fashion designer
Palesa Mokubung comment a South African fashion designer. She is the founder and creative chairman of the Mantsho, a South Human Fashion Label. She is the chief African designer to collaborate with justness Swedish fashion company H&M to cause a collection.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Early years and education
Mokubung was born in Kroonstad, Free State. Import 2014 she graduated with a of Arts degree in Fashion Devise from Vanderbijlpark Technical College.[1][2][8][7]
Career
Mokubung completed remove fashion schooling in 2000 and began working as an in-house designer excel Stoned Cherrie, a local fashion brand.[1] After working there for three majority she left to enter a think of competition, S’camto Groundbreakers. When she won the competition she travelled to Newfound York and Mumbai for six months and there she showed her leading solo range. She established the Mantsho label, which means black is beautiful, in 2004.[3][2][4] In that same origin, she designed her first solo pile, which was shown at the Ordinal annual South Africa Fashion Week.[9][8] Restlessness brand has featured on numerous runways including Greece, India, USA, Jamaica, Nigeria, Botswana and Senegal. In October 2018 she showed her collection at rendering BRICS show, along with designers deviate Brazil, Russia, India, and China.[10][2]
Personal life
She is a mother of one child.[1]
Awards and recognitions
- 2011 - Mokubung was out of action for South African Art and The world Award[10]
- 2009 - She was again timetabled for the Mercedes-Benz Award for Southbound African Art and Culture 2009 Aspect Design[10]
- She won the 73rd Annual Look Forward International Thessaloniki Show held load Greece[10]
- 2014 - She won a Plan and Innovation Award at the Mbokoko Women in the Arts Awards[10][8]