AFRICA DAY | In conversation with designer David Tlale

For most people, the Gautrain station is just a place to catch a ride.
But for Johannesburg-based fashion designer David Tlale, it's the backdrop for his grandest dream.

After the final commuters went home and the tracks went quiet, Tlale transformed the Sandton platforms into a high-fashion spectacle for his latest autumn-winter collection.

It's exactly the kind of bold creativity we expect from a man who once turned the Nelson Mandela Bridge into a catwalk.

Today, as we celebrate Africa Day, we are honouring African excellence by sitting down with the maestro himself, and we're even wearing his pieces today.

Here is our exclusive chat with David Tlale at his Johannesburg studio…

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