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Mzansi Moodboard is the uber cool brainchild of fashion blogger Palesa Kgasane, and showcases creativity from a variety of individuals and spaces “with a special emphasis on young women of colour”.
One of its latest showcases is a beautiful fashion editorial as part of the ongoing Word To The Women Of Colour series, a photographic collaboration with another great young creative, Neo Baepi. Writing on the site, Kgasane says of the latest instalment titled Spring in Mzansi: “Growing weary of seeing the same kind of people, I wanted to put together a group of women I find inspiring and style a photoshoot that will change the way we see fashion and also showcase the beauty that is Cape Town and the magical women of colour.”
The result is a beautiful set of images shot on what looks like a beach in Sea Point, with some of the exciting and interesting young women shaking up the scene – such as actress and author Buhle Ngaba – all dressed in yellow Merwe Mode garments. Kgasane, on the site, also says:
“This time we took on a fashion-film approach, as a challenge and also materialising something I’ve always wanted to do. Exploring the idea of nostalgia and the colour yellow in all its symbolic meaning of light, warmth and rebirth; myself and this dynamic group of women of colour turned this film into something more than just a fashion story.”
If you’d like to meet the young women shaking up the creative space in their own way and also see some of the other cool stuff on Mzansi Moodboard, visit mzansimoodboard.co.za
If you want some Merwe Mode for yourself, visit merwemode.com
