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    THE FRENCH SILHOUETTE IN AFRICA

    Mar 03, 2020 3 minutes
    WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY
    MOTLABANA MONNAKGOTLA

    WITH JUST $2,700 IN her bank, transferred from her savings account in France, Zazi Nyandeni returned home to the South African fashion industry with her freshly-minted talent. But if Paris was school, Johannesburg proved to be university. Qualifying was never easy.

    About 53kms from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport is Constantia Kloof, a scenic, upmarket suburb in the West Rand, where we meet Nyandeni, the up-and-coming 25-year-old fashion entrepreneur whose brand, Zazi Luxury, has showcased in Paris, the fashion capital of the world.

    “I wasn’t really introduced to fashion, but more so to

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