A TALENTED young fashion designer from Delft, who used to be mocked and laughed at for her outlandish sense of fashion, will be showcasing her clothing at this year’s Africa Fashion Week London in the UK in October.
Anita Hlazo, 25, from Suburban, started her clothing label Afrogrunge in 2018 after completing her degree in Fashion Design at CPUT in 2017.
“I have this brand because as a black woman who stayed in Gugulethu, I was into this subculture called grunge which is centred around white teenagers and rock music and at the time in Gugs, everyone was into House music, and I liked skateboarding, buying second-hand clothes and altering it,” says Anita.
“I bought things that made me happy and did not follow the communal trend, and that set…
