SAFW AW22 COLLECTIONS | SCOUTING MENSWEAR 2021

MARQUIN SAMPSON: Marquin Sampson is a Cape Town-based men’s street wear fashion designer and brand. The brand came into existence, in 2015, with the emphasis on textured fabrics and attention to detail in garments with elements of sustainability. The key focus of the brand is to use fashion design as a vehicle to create awareness of social and environmental issues we face daily. REFUSE CLOTHING BRAND: Established, in 2016, by Malcolm Mokgope and Minenhle Memela, Refuse Clothing Brand is a South African menswear brand with an inclination for intertwining African aesthetic with modern designs. With its typical African foundation, the brand uses conventional textures and prints in a range of ready-to-wear pieces of clothing, which has extended from simple graphic branded clothing to a fine-custom-made collection. Frequently fusing all-over prints with more minimal designs, the street-ready pieces are made for young ambitious men, who love beautiful, fashionable garments which are functional too. The focus is on making clothes that have a long livelihood, and since sustainability is particularly important to the fashion world, they try to use 100% cotton and unharmful fabrics for most of their garments. Refuse is based on making people self-aware of developing their own personal style, without adhering to identities essentially made up by society. SAINT VUYO: Saint Vuyo was founded, by Thulani Vuyo Mlambo, in 2020. Vuyo studied for his undergraduate degree in Fashion Design