South African television presenter, actor, fashion designer, speaker, model, creative consultant, voice over artist, philanthropist and business entrepreneur, Maps Maponyane has bagged a judging job and we are so excited for him.
He took to Instagram to announce the good news. He said, "Gooood Vibes!😊 I’m officially on the panel to judge this year’s Patrón Perfectionists competition in South Africa!🥃We had a lot of fun at MESH in Joburg sipping on some absolutely brilliant Patrón cocktails made by some of the best mixologists in the country.
There’s so much you can do with an ultra-premium, smooth tequila like this and I intend to taste all of it!🍹Big shout-out to Bacardi Brand Ambassador & mixologist extraordinaire @thecurious_cam for all his incredible insights into the world of #PatronTequila Lots more coming up in October!"
Just five days ago, Maps was at the Milan fashion week where he was given an opportunity to introduce the launch of the “Fashion Bridges – I Ponti della Moda”. Speaking about the event he said, "Had the honour of officially introducing the launch of “Fashion Bridges – I Ponti della Moda”, addressing an audience at Milan Fashion Week.
It's a truly original project envisaged months ago by the Embassy of Italy in Pretoria, with a goal “to foster a partnership on fashion between South Africa and Italy”. The joint capsule collections of 8 young Italians🇮🇹 and South Africans🇿🇦 are being presented to the public for the first time this week, and will also be presented at @safashionweek in Johannesburg on October 30th, 2021.
An additional goal of Fashion Bridges is to facilitate the strengthening of technical skills and supply chains in both countries, with an emphasis on quality of products and sustainability of processes. Proud to have been a part of this from conception, and I can't wait to see what this project manages to do for the development of young designers and the industry"
Just three months ago, Rich Mnisi, the brand with the exorbitantly priced clothes was the talk of the town but her took upon himself to expose a lot of homophobes on social media with his post which saw him wearing skirts. The fashion designer always seeks to push the boundaries and whilst doing so, causes a frenzy on the net. We love to see it.
The fashion icon in his own right re-writes the rules and excels in that. Rich Mnisi went quiet for a while on social media but when he came back, he topped the trends list all because he posted pictures of himself rocking skirts. It is without a doubt that he got killer legs.
Tweeps weighed in on the designer opting to wear a skirt, saying he is setting a bad example to children. One of the comments from a Twitter user went like this, "I'm not here to spread the hate on Rich Mnisi and I'm curious about the children what they learning on Rich Mnisi?"
Another part of social media calls out homophobes for discrediting Rich Mnisi's fashion choice as skirts and dresses are worn by men from various cultures in South Africa.
