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The Fashion School in Cape Town.  Based in the Old Biscuit Mill, Woodstock.

Amanda Trom wins at the Milano Fashion Film Festival

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Design Academy of Fashion Graduate Amanda Trom Wins Best New Fashion Film at the Fashion Film Festival Milano Cape Town, South Africa – [28 June 2023] – The Design Academy of Fashion (DAF) is thrilled to announce that Amanda Trom, a talented graduate of the Class of 2022, has been awarded the prestigious Best New Fashion Film accolade at the […]

Nick Coutts at Pitti Uomo

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Past DAF student and Elle Rising Star winner, Nick Coutts, collaborated with Lukhanyo Mdingi showing their menswear A/W17 collection at Pitti Uomo in Florence, Italy. Pitti Uomo is a menswear trade show that took place 12-15 January 2016.  Nick and Lukhanyo were one of four African designer labels invited to showcase African design. The design partnership […]

Hair & Beauty Show Cape Town

The DAF students were invited to showcase their garments at the Hair & Beauty Show.  The event was held at the Lookout, which is at the V&A Waterfront. Four of our third year graduates were invited to showcase their final collections. Our 2nd years wowed the audience with their incredibly creative avant-garde range, titled “Noir”. […]

DAF Fashion Show Fundraiser

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Gearing up to the annual DAF Fashion Show (which this year will be taking on a new and exciting format of a static show), the staff and students organised a fundraiser event.   Held on the 3rd of October at the college in Woodstock. The Saturday morning kicked off with a trend presentation by fashion […]