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Graduate Collections 2016: Gisele.

Each week, in the run up to our end of year Graduate Fashion Show, we will be featuring one third year graduate designer and introducing you to their emerging brand. This week, we introduce Gisele. by Kristina Ohlsen. Drawing inspiration from two generations of strong...

CTCFD’s Part-Time Fashion Related Short Courses

CTCFD - Cape Town College of Fashion Design offers a variety of part time short courses that take place in the evenings and Saturday mornings, catering for anyone looking to expand their knowledge in the fashion industry without having to give up a full time career....

The Fashion Institute visits CTCFD

Once a month, the students from The Fashion Institute of Garment Technology visits CTCFD's Plumstead campus for a day of tutorials including Textiles, Digital Application and Industrial Garment Construction. CTCFD's sister campus, The Fashion Institute of Garment...

The First Monday in May: The Met Gala 2016

Known as the "the party of the year", the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Benefit red carpet excites and inspires emerging designers the world over, and 2016 was definitely no exception. Using the theme of the exhibit as inspiration for their red carpet...

Bokeh CTFC Graduate Show 2016

The Cape Town Fashion Council in association with the Bokeh international fashion film festival hosted a graduate fashion show on Friday, 22 April 2016 - and CTCFD had an incredible 7 graduates selected to showcase their best designs. Graduates from 2015 included...

3 CTCFD Students Announced as FOSCHINI Design Awards Finalists

CTCFD is excited to announce 3 final year students as finalists in the Foschini Design Awards 2016. Having successfully completed two rounds of judging, the three students are now busy completing a 3 look mini ready-to-wear collection. Having been offered a very broad...

2015 CTCFD Graduate named as Finalist in AFI FASTRACK 2016

2015 CTCFD graduate, Leah Possemiers has been announced at one of 10 finalists in the AFI Fastrack competition which will take place on Day 3 of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Johannesburg this weekend. Her collection, inspired by an Urban Woodsman had its debut on the...

CTCFD Annual Fashion Show Sponsors 2015

We are so lucky to have the following sponsors behind our Annual Fashion Show and 50th Celebration! Thank you to all involved. Thanks also to our incredible photographers who have given their time to photograph the event.