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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 […]

Frankfurt Style Awards 2019

The FRANKfurtstyleaward is one of the world’s most established global fashion contests for students. It stands for a sustainable talent and career platform that connects fashion newcomers, professionals, colleges, universities, fashion creators and the fashion & style communities. The contest’s unique concept supports innovative ideas, creativity and inventive achievement and offers its participants an international springboard into […]

Fashion Revolution : Margot Molyneux

Margot Molyneux is a Cape Town based fashion design studio that was established in 2011. They design and produce seasonal collections of women’s wear that are comfortable, versatile and oh so pleasing to the eye. I had the pleasure of stopping past the studio and looking at the behind the scenes work of the designers […]

Hectic 99 – Student Showcase

Luke and Philippa, our final year students got a taste of limelight yesterday when they appeared on the Hectic Nine-9 live T.V. show to showcase their menswear designs and talk all things fashion with the presenters. Well done, guys!

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 […]