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Strong winds force Cape Town fashion week to cancel show - plus the best outfit of the night

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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, showcasing autumn/winter 2017 womenswear, opened to a very cold and rainy Camps Bay evening.

One of the most-anticipated shows of the evening Mille Collines was even moved out because of the unsafe weather conditions - the wind was gaining momentum at 58 km per hour.

Good call AFI, it was windy AF.

Luckily, a few outfits made us happy we stepped out the door for the night.

Read: What to wear now

Gavin Rajah

The notoriously difficult and controversial designer inconvenienced his fellow designers and attendees when his show started more than an hour an 15 minutes late. 

Read: Gavin Rajah allegedly threatens designer who accused him of stealing her designs

His show was inspired by love, and we did luuurve this outfit - YAS to forest green tassels and off the shoulder looks.

Joanna Hedley

This young Cape Town-based designer was the mustard to our ham sandwich. We also loved her olive green gown and elaborate headpieces (though I would think slightly impractical for office environments).

Lara Klawikowski

We loved the pretty autumn capes and structured dresses - especially this one in rust.

Droomer

This young designer gave us a lit collection of street wear featuring puffer jackets, baseball caps, pastels and beautiful metallic boots.

This was everyone's favourite outfit...

Droomer is a dream?? #MBFWCT shot by : @sisanda_m

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Such a stunning collection.

A fashion week crowd favorite - @droomer_official ?? #mbfwct17

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Jenny Le Roux - Habits

Velvet, moonbags (!!) and pleats defined her show.

Shana and Stefania Morland

Shana gave us Italian summer while Stefania's starry-starry night inspired pieces made us glow.

Images: AFI

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