He was well on his way to becoming a business graduate but a change of heart is paying dividends for this CPUT Fashion Student.

Marquin Sampson has recently been crowned the 2013 Live Eco winner and his prize includes a R10 000 bursary from the Cape Town Fashion Council, R3000 voucher from the Body Shop and a year supply of free coffee from a well-known coffee shop. He also has a guaranteed internship at a design studio for any time next year.

The 24-year-old is in his second year but a few years ago he was studying Business at Stellenbosch University when he decided to drop out and follow his dream.

The competition brief was to up-cycle old clothes into a creation inspired by the theme ‘resilience’.

Marquin interpreted this as a boxing inspired denim dress with matching boots.

He collected jeans donated from family and friends then spent days completing the garments.

“I really worked hard doing research and then creating this look but I never expected to win. I even told my parents not to waste their time coming to the award ceremony because I was sure I wouldn’t win,” he says.

CPUT dominated the competition with a whopping five of the top 10 being our students.

Marquin is now also a runner up in a pending Foschini Fashion Design competition.

“I am so glad that I just quit business to follow my dream,” he says.

“Winning this competition means I made the right decision.”

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A talented Fashion student was a member of the winning team who recently received the Emerging Creative Talent Award at a local film festival.

Third-year student, Lindisiwe Mlotywa, said she was still in high school when she learnt about the Bokeh South African International Fashion Film Festival and knew that she would enter it one day.

She entered the 2018 competition with her friend, Tarania Naidoo, a film student at City Varsity.

They were required to submit a treatment (pitch) of their concept under the theme “My Cool Life in the City” and the two friends were selected for the top ten.

The finalists were given a budget by Bokeh to create a 90-second film.

“For the film Tarania and I wanted to comment on a subject that not only both of us can relate to but that everyone can relate to. We thought about what it's like for us to be in Cape Town at that exact moment. We decided to comment on the creative culture in Cape Town by talking about popular culture in Cape Town.”

Lindisiwe said she was shocked when the film titled What Would Sarah Do? was announced as the winner.

“We worked hard on this film and we were excited about it but also naturally unsure. We were also at a screening of all the films. They were all equally strong films, the talent was amazing. When we heard the name of our film we were in genuine disbelief. It's an amazing achievement and we are ever grateful to Bokeh for seeing the potential!”

Written by Ilse Fredericks
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