For its third iteration, Confections x Collections (CxC) will be hosted at Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel, coinciding with the hotel’s 125th anniversary and curated by independent fashion and sustainability publication Twyg.

Taking place from 5 – 9 November 2024, this fashion event spotlights the continent’s most accomplished slow fashion designers and allows viewers to experience the location in a new light, with the garments on display in salon-style across the Mount Nelson’s lounge, terrace and gardens. 

Providing a unique platform for diverse, authentic African perspectives and sartorial storytelling, CxC offers a rare opportunity to engage deeply with the designers’ works in a hotel renowned for hosting iconic fashion figures. “With the growing global interest in young African talent, I am excited to bring together South Africa’s new wave of designers with two of our West African counterparts. At its core, CxC is underpinned by excellence in sustainable design and a diversity of fashion storytelling, and we aim to honour and celebrate these enduring qualities, once again, this November,” says Jackie May, founder and editor of Twyg.

2023 Mount Nelson CXC, Sindiso Khumalo collection photographed by Candice Bodington and Mikayla McClean

This year’s line-up includes two South African designers: LVMH Prize winner and 2023 Amiri Prize winner Lukhanyo Mdingi, who blends artisanal craft with modernity; and Johannesburg-based designer RICH MNISI, known for his bold expression of Tsonga culture and craftsmanship. Joining them are Nigerian-based designers Bubu Ogisi of IAMISIGO, known as a ‘fibre artist’ for wearable art that brings ancient African textile techniques to the fore, and 2023 International Woolmark Prize winner, Adeju Thompson of Lagos Space Programme, who explores the past and future through sartorial expressions of their Yoruba culture.

Previous editions of CxC have included internationally renowned designers Thebe Magugu and Sindiso Khumalo (both LVMH award winners) and cult favourite Laduma Ngxokolo of MAXHOSA AFRICA in the line-ups.

Among the CxC alumni is South African designer and LVMH Prize winner Sindiso Khumalo who has designed a Cape Town-inspired tea set for Mount Nelson. This joyful, optimistic, and bold tea set forms part of the hotel’s retail range, which will soon be available to purchase directly from its boutique.

Celebrating 125 years of Mount Nelson, the fifth and final evening of this year’s CxC edition will see a group show that brings together previous and current CxC designers. These participating designers include the aforementioned as well as VIVIERS Studio, CHULAAP, Wanda Lephoto, MANTSHO by Palesa Mokubung, Sindiso Khumalo, MmusoMaxwell, and MAXHOSA AFRICA.

Key Dates:

 5th November 2024 – RICH MNISI

 6th November 2024 – Adeju Thompson of Lagos Space Programme

 7th November 2024 – Bubu Ogisi of IAMISIGO

8th November 2024 – Lukhanyo Mdingi 

9th November 2024 – RICH MNISI, Lagos Space Programme, IAMISIGO, Lukhanyo Mdingi, VIVIERS Studio, CHULAAP, Wanda Lephoto, MANTSHO by Palesa Mokubung, Sindiso Khumalo, MmusoMaxwell, and MAXHOSA AFRICA (invite only).

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