Designer goes viral for fashioning chic outfit from Woolworths shopping bags

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Bhungane Mehlomakhulu is both a fashion designer and a professional ballet dancer - he dances by day and sews by night.

I auditioned for the The Cape Academy of Performing Arts, and I got in. But then I was stuck ... it was going to be very expensive. I had to come up with a plan. In my free time I'd been teaching myself to sew using YouTube. During my school years, I had made 15 garments. I decided to host a fashion show. I asked all the tall girls to be my models. A lot of people supported me. We had an empty pool at school which artists had painted and this is where we hosted the fashion show.

I sold tickets and Afternoon Express came to film it. With the money raised, I could go to Cape Town and take up my studies at The Cape Academy of Performing Arts, in West Lake.How did you become interested in fashion? As a child, I drew a lot. I also watched a lot of Fashion TV. Fashion One was my religion. My cousins and friends would get so annoyed when they came to visit and I was watching YouTube and Fashion TV.It's a combination of the first three letters of my first name and the four letters of my surname.Artistic director Daniel Roseberry of Maison Schiaperelli. He's so camp, and so very skilled. I love his use of accessories. And I'm also obsessed with Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton.

 

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