Born from a conversation between two sisters, Ghanaian label Winara Woman is creating a wardrobe for women who refuse to be reduced to a single version of themselves.
A woman can be many things at once. She can be commanding and soft, understated and magnetic, impeccably polished at noon and gloriously dressed by night. Winara Woman understands this duality and has built its entire fashion proposition around it.
With 27 years of research behind it, Lancôme’s Génifique Ultimate marks a new chapter in skin repair. We step inside The Open Lab to discover the science, technology and innovation behind the brand’s latest skincare breakthrough.
What happens when luxury beauty meets cutting-edge science? At L’Oréal South Africa’s Centre of Excellence for African Beauty Science in Midrand, Lancôme recently opened the doors to its world of innovation with The Open Lab by Lancôme, an intimate experience designed to take media and creators beyond the traditional beauty launch and into the science behind its latest skincare breakthrough, Génifique Ultimate.
With deconstructed denim, handwoven Ghanaian textiles and a taste for the subversive, David Kusi Boye-Doe is building a fashion house that looks backwards only to move forward.
Forget everything you think you know about African luxury. BOYEDOE is not interested in simply translating heritage into beautiful clothes. The Ghanaian label is pulling heritage apart, turning it inside out and reconstructing it into something sharper, stranger and decidedly of the now.
For Precious Xaba, the future of beauty begins with education. After building a career as an award-winning makeup artist behind some of South Africa’s biggest entertainment platforms, she is now using her experience to champion something she believes the industry can no longer afford to overlook: credible, accredited beauty education.
South Africa’s fashion industry has never lacked creativity. From emerging designers producing globally relevant collections to manufacturers driving innovation in local production, the sector is rich with talent. Yet for many entrepreneurs, creativity alone is rarely enough to build a sustainable business.
Women who shape the future rarely follow a predetermined blueprint. They experiment, question, rebuild and, sometimes, create an entirely new language of their own. For Angolan-born designer Ana Nunes, that language is fashion.
Zakiyya Karim knows what it means to build something from the ground up. A visual communication graduate, art director, designer and animator, the Cape Town creative spent years bringing other brands’ visions to life before turning her attention to an idea of her own.
The award-winning actor talks fragrance, self-expression and what it means to be an Azzaro Wanted man.
There is an undeniable confidence to Kwenzo Ngcobo. It is present in the characters he brings to life, in the way he speaks about his journey and, perhaps most fittingly, in his latest role as the face of Azzaro Wanted in South Africa. The award-winning actor has been named the fragrance house’s new local ambassador, fronting the South African campaign for Forever Wanted Absolu, the most luxurious fragrance in the Wanted collection to date. Created for those who embrace elegance, audacity and the pleasure of living fully, the fragrance leaves an intense, captivating trail that speaks to the power of presence.
Founded by Namibian-born, Cape Town-based designer Victoria Ongansie, fashion label VICTORI has developed a distinct visual language built around strength, individuality and a sharp contemporary edge. A finalist in South African Fashion Week’s Scouting Menswear competition, VICTORI has quickly emerged as a label worth watching. Its collections play with proportion, structure and unexpected materials, creating pieces that feel directional without sacrificing polish. The aesthetic is cool and contemporary, but there is a precision beneath the boldness that keeps every look feeling intentional.
From sunlit skin and diffused blush to grown-up glitter and smoky siren eyes, these are the beauty looks about to have a major moment this spring.
Spring is all about stepping back into the light, and this season, our makeup is following suit. Think glowing skin, soft washes of colour and statement eyes that feel playful rather than overly polished.