This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In a gently instructive TEDxJohannesburg 2014 talk, South African fashion luminary Marianne Fassler explores her perspectives on the big questions of fashion: What is it? Where does it come from? What does it mean?

Multiple award-winning Marianne Fassler has been the owner and director of Mode Avantgarde for the past 34 years. With a BA Hons from the University of the Witwatersrand, Fassler is a three-time Catherine Award-winner and received the SA Fashion Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, amongst many others. Fassler’s design studio ‘Leopard Frock’ is situated in Saxonwold, Johannesburg.

Marianne on Twitter: @leopardfrock
Web: leopardfrock.co.za


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