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Italian designer graces the Durban fashion show

Diego M is not only known for his eclectic flair but also his superb tailoring, state-of-the-art fabrics and skillful crafting and finishing.

WELL known Italian outerwear designer, Diego M, will showcase his exclusive outwear collection on the runway at this year’s much anticipated Durban Fashion Fair in August.

For his catwalk showing at the Durban Exhibition Centre on Saturday, August 24, Diego Mazzi has created a capsule collection comprising of handmade leather garments including coco printed nappa with mother of pearl glassy effect and spotted leather with a metallic mosaic that reflects silver and champagne tones.

The Durban Fashion Fair will be held from 22 to 25 August at the Durban Exhibition Centre and will showcase unique garments created by Durban’s design talents. The four-day event includes workshops, shows and a buyers’ lounge. It will culminate in a sale of garments seen on the ramps on Sunday 25 August. Tickets to the fashion shows at the Durban Exhibition Centre are now on sale through Computicket at R100 per person per show and R50 for students per show.

Sindi Shangase, Business Support Programme manager for the eThekwini Municipality, said she is excited to announce that Diego M had accepted the invitation to travel to Durban as the specially invited international designer behind the signature showing at the 2013 Durban Fashion Fair.

“Diego M is not only known for his eclectic flair but also his superb tailoring, state of the art fabrics and skilful crafting and finishing. This is exactly what we are trying to inculcate in Durban’s emerging and young designers for whom the Durban Fashion Fair was created. It is only with this level of sophistication and expertise that local talents can make their marks in both the national and international fashion worlds. He represents the perfect role model for the Durban designers of the future,” she said.

Ten newcomers will be selected for a similar internship this year.

Shows will also include some of South Africa’s top designers and fashion brands and invited international fashion guru, Diego M.

To find out more about the Durban Fashion Fair, log on to www.durbanfashionfair.com, visit official facebook page: www.facebook.com/DurbanFashionFair or Twitter twitter.com/DbnFashionFair.

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