AND THE WINNER IS….

14 Sep 2012
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Congratulations to the super-talented, Jane Elizabeth Kotze, who wowed us with her pretty pastels, attention to detail and structure at last night’s ELLE Rising Star Design Award event, in association with Mr Price. Yes, fashion’s best were out and about (even Queen B – our October cover star, Bonang, wouldn’t have missed it!) to see our eight talented finalists’ work and hear who would take home the award (designed by the hip duo at Jesse James Design).

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The ELLE Rising Star Design Award event was held at Shine Studios in Jo’burg’s Braamfontein

Jane Elizabeth produced a collection in which each piece was unique but still told a story. From all the ELLE Belles and Mr Price, congratulations to…

Jane-Elizabeth

ELLE Rising Star

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And in case you couldn’t make the show, here are the highlights:

Amber Jones opened the event. ELLE fashion director Poppy Evans tweeted: @AmberatThunder’s show at tonights #risingstar event makes me want to kiss her. Cc @ELLEmagazineSA

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Next up, was ELLE Rising Star 2011 winner Kelly Esterhuyse

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And then there were the seven talented finalists:

Anmari

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Elli-Nicole

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Gabrielle

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Ruan

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Sheena

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Sindiso

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Tamara

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Watch this space! We’ll be sharing the pics and people spotted at the ELLE Rising Star afterparty next week.

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Kerry on 9/14/2012: I have been waiting for these pics :) Been dyiiing to see what went down. Jane Elizabeth Kotze deserved the praise and the win for her collection - it stood out most for me, besides Amber Jones' collection which I am absolutely in love with! Amber suprises and impresses me everytime (I watch her closely) Lastly, nobody does knitwear quite like Kelly. Great job ELLE and Mr Price and of course, all the contestants
Annette on 9/15/2012: Only the afterparty pics? What about the photos that were taken before the event at the ELLE Rising Star backdrop?
ELLEmagazineSA on 9/15/2012: All social pics will be on elle.co.za this Monday!
Mpho Molwantwa on 9/16/2012: Well done Elizabeth kotze.nicely done.her range is so relavent.classy playful,pastels are here to stay & a touch of prints that she added makes such a massive defference.keep up all the hard work.live love style!
Nkhensani on 9/18/2012: I was sad to have missed the show, but I'm glad for all the blog posts and pictures that have been doing the rounds :) I was rooting for Elli-Nicole. That blue dress caught my attention, and the outfit with the black skirt with the white collar-detail blouse is just beautiful! Sheena Ann and Sindiso have some beautiful stuff, and the black maxi-dress from Ruan is just all kinds of amazing! *sigh* If only we could buy pieces from all these collections in stores... I'm inspired by the talent, and as Thithi would say "Shop SA" :)