2015 Digital Advertising Fashion Show

2015 Digital Advertising Fashion Show

North West School of Design – Digital Advertising Fashion Show

Promoting Local Brands – through fashion – on a global stage.

For the last 16 years, NWSD fashion students have showcased their traditional Advertising Fashion shows in Malls and Shopping Centres showcasing Avant Garde looks created by students who designed, made and modeled fantasy garments using branding and packaging material of the participating tenants in these Malls.

Since 2014, Principal Marlene Oosthuizen decided to spice things up a little and to showcase these designs to a larger audience – a digital audience.

Here is 2015's Digital Advertising Fashion show!

The Students Had a lot of fun creating these looks here are some behind the scenes pictures

Video - Donovan Roets Photography

Pictures - Photography by Melanie Els 

Here are the Garments

photos by Donovan roets photography

GJC bursary students - Red carpet experience

GJC bursary students - Red carpet experience 

The Gert-Johan Coetzee Bursary winners were given the opportunity to design and make red carpet dresses for local celebs to be worn on the red carpet at the 2015 Royal Soapie Awards

here are some pictures of their experience 

 Fabric shop road tripping

 fabric shopping

 sewing

 pattern planning

 pattern tracing

 some more sewing

 patterns, patterns and more patterns

 Fitting (Christopher Gill)

 sewing

 Fitting (John-Wayne Keyser)

 Fitting (John-Wayne Keyser)

 Fitting (Christopher Gill)

 Fitting (Prudance Kau)

Final Garments on the red carpet 

 Dorette Potgieter Dressed By Christopher Gill

Fulu Mugovhani Dressed By John-Wayne Keyser

Why A Christian Fashion College?

Why A Christian Fashion College?

PROUD TO PRAY AT NWSD

Yes, at NWSD we start each new week in prayer, and each new term is kicked off with a bang! The official opening and start of each term is made that little more exciting and empowering as we invite young, energetic pastors to chat with us and pray with us!

NWSD Life group

NWSD life group is a Christian support group where students get together to read from the word of God, share their experiences and talk about what is going on in their lives. Students pray for each other, for the college, as well as support and uplift the members of the group. Students also watch Christian videos and Dvd’s and share what they learned. Life group is a way of supporting each other through the trials we face in daily life and growing together as Children of God, learning from his word and seeking Him in our hearts. NWSD has now opened the life group to students from other colleges in and around Klerksdorp as well!

Do we exclude or discriminate against other religions? 

Not at all!

Our college has always and will always be open to all aspiring future designers and fashion professionals, students can opt to attend weekly prayer meetings.

One of the students that attend the weekly life group had this to say:

‘’ With the many challenges we encounter as young people pursuing a career in Fashion, it's very easy to neglect our true purpose in life. Having a spiritual gathering, as students, to come and profess the greatness of Jesus Christ in our lives, instils great confidence and relief to be able to carry on with our daily errands. We learn to connect with each other with great ease and knowing that we can share deep Biblical insights in a highly sensitive and pressurized world we live in. Life Group for me, is full proof that God can reveal Himself in any area, environment, caliber and social standing of a person. May our Lord and Saviour continue to do great things in our lives as students! Amen. Lesedi Maphike’’