DESIGN JOBURG: Fashion is industry, style is culture by Blue Canvas Life’s Thando Made (FREE TALK)

Glenn O’Brien, American writer and GQ’s longstanding ‘Style Guy’ wrote that fashion is industry, style is culture. Ideas and themes, arts and rituals, the things that constitute culture. Together with fellow denim afficionado, Rodney Mudzengerere from IFUKU vintage denim and men’s store, Thando talks to how more people are looking at style as a form of self-expression and how communities are being created around this within 44 Stanley, Jozi and beyond. 

The talk is part of Design Joburg Summer Collective: Conversations at 44 Stanley. 

Taking place from the 28th to the 31st of October 2021, Design Joburg Collective: Summer Edition is a suburb-sized showcase to be held in the Kramerville Design District – this time with 44 Stanley and Victoria Yards added as fringe districts.

This Covid-compliant (and explore-at-leisure) event will be a mix of both outdoor and indoor attractions, using Kramerville’s various galleries, showrooms, venues and outdoor spaces. Throw in free-to-attend talks, pop-ups, graffiti and art installations, buskers, public displays, street spectacles and activations, and visitors are guaranteed a experiential feast.

For more information on the programme head here