Not only was African print all over Vivienne Westwood’s Anglomania Spring/Summer 2010 show this week as modeled here by Daisy Lowe, but Africa has imprinted itself on her social conscience. The designer has put her name and designs behind a women’s empowerment project in KZN – The Tapestry of Dreams -a non-profit project run by Heather Costaras and Roz Thomas, which has assisted 10 women from Khethani township, in the Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal who were making a difference in their community, to start their own businesses. Read the full Times story here , Costaras approached several South African and international designers to dress the women for their gala evening and Vivienne reposnded by offering to become a sponsor and patron of the initiative.
Viva Dame Vivienne Viva.
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