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These days, glamour and opulence is not confined to the A-listers' movie premiers and awards season red carpets. This generation of matriculants is emerging as fashion contenders for entertainment industry elites.
Matric dances are always a lavish affairs - from luxury cars, to hair and makeup, to the extravagant dress. But these recent classes of affluent matriculants drip in designer gowns backed by an entourage of drivers, and hair and makeup artists.
While back in the day, the main brag for your send-off dance was limousine arrivals, in this era the kids sport South Africa’s top designers.
Second year Dramatic Arts student, Zenani Mashinini, comes from this class of matriculants who was dressed by Gert-Johan Coetzee for her high school big day. Zenani says since she was in Grade seven she knew that she wanted Gert to design her farewell dress.
She says: “Even though my ideas were scattered, finding the right design of the dress was easy because by the end of my appointment with Gert-Johan Coetzee, I walked out with a sketch of the design of my dress.”
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She says her mother her to make it the each design appointment, her stylist Nomalee Beauty arranged her hair and makeup and her grandmother offered pearls of wisdom with moral support.
Zenani’s peers strut the same Hollywood-like style and seem to have an eager entourage ready to roll out the red carpet for them.
Have a look at the glorious matric dance we’ve spotted:
Zenani in a ballroom-inspired Gert-Johan Coetzee dress
Tumelo in a shimmering Orapeleng Modutle Style Avenue gown
RiRi in an embroidered dusty pink La Art Neviole Emporim number
Xiluva in a custom OM Style Avenue beaded gown
Fifi in a feathered David Tlale train dress
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