Black Is The New Black.

Minimalism, conceptuality and technical structuring are the qualities which I always aim to excel towards in terms of garment construction and fashion designing and there is a only a handful of designers in South Africa which can achieve those ethics flawlessly, one of them being the Black Coffee duo.

The duo between Danica Lepen and Jacques van der Watt has been running since 2004 whilst the brand was pioneered in 1998 by Jacques. The idea of being a conceptual design label has captured my attention over the years, also capturing the heart (and eye) of other fashion installation artists alike, that also causing them to obtain the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Award in 2009.

The Installation

Read more on the duo's work here.