On the rise designers

Thread yourselves into the rise of a new dawn with 28 year old, Mpumelelo Dhlamini owner and designer of EZOKHETHO . A graduate from the Villioti Fashion Institute in 2017,Dhlamini joins a growing list of fashion designers who are bent on taking the fashion world by storm with his brand EZOKETHO, a brand he started whilst working as an intern at a leading retail store in 2018. EZOKHETHO, he explains, is a brand that is created to celebrate Africans and the stories that we carry. we use fabric as a medium to convey a distinct African narrative . EZOKHETHO has been featured on multiple publications such as Oak Magazine,The Throne, True Love , Gaschette, Bona.It is no secret that high end luxury brands by Africans is rare and with a brand“by African people that can celebrate the luxury of ourcontinent” through the “richnessof our stories, culturesand heritage” Ezokhetho ison the rise.His current collection titled“Batho Pele” – meaning“People First” inspired by the people in Mpumelelo’s life, features 2021 Spring/Summertrends unseen on SouthAfrican soil. Dhlamini also mentioned that he is hard a work designing a new collection which he says will be mind blowing.