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Gavin Rajah as a brand is synonymous with discerning style, and is a household name in South Africa who is making waves internationally. Founding member of the Cape Town Fashion Week in 2000 and 2006 he launched POSITIVE, an event geared towards raising funds for children with HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
Collaboration
with micro-economic projects specialising in traditional skills and crafts are
Gavin’s passion and he is constantly seeking ways in which to promote this and
his country to the rest of the world.
His interests
range from socio-political theory, semiotics, literature, and music to esoteric
psychology. He has designed jewellery collections for The Tanzanite Foundation
and De Beers. He has featured as a designer/judge in America's Top Model
by Tyra Banks in the
He is the only African to speak at the Global Fashion Conference in Milan last year and his paper "Creating an Identity in Fashion: Fashion's Future?" on fashion in South Africa made headlines in the Wall Street Journal and Milano Finanza.
His work is
fluid, ultra feminine and most of all has dramatic silhouette. Gavin uses
draping extensively in his work and favours bias cut garments with interesting
lines.
His work is unashamedly opulent and he remains enamoured with luxurious fabrics and finishes. The Rajah woman is not a wallflower but a confident and assertive woman who exudes her femininity with astute grace. Most of all she loves to exceed expectation...
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Gavin Rajah Atelier
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Show room
302 The studios
Gavin Rajah boutique
Cavendish Square
Claremont , Cape Town
In 2006 Gavin Rajah launched
POSITIVE, an event geared towards raising funds for children with HIV/AIDS in
POSITIVE was the
first Pan-African collaboration featuring designers, artists and musicians in
one singular performance headlined by international artist Seal (www.positivecollection.co.za).
Gavin is passionate
about working for charity and also staged events for breast cancer research and
HIV/AIDS. He has recently been named one of the top 50 people in
Gavin has also
donated commissioned pieces for Sir Elton John's "White Tie & Tiara'
Ball", to raise funds for the Elton John Aids Foundation. Gavin's core
focus for 2006/7 is raising funds by using his talent and visibility for
children afflicted with HIV/AIDS.
He has been made a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF by the United Nations. He is passionate about empowering South African men and women who are destitute and unemployed by teaching them traditional skills such as beading, embroidery, jewellery component manufacture and tailoring.
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