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ELLE NEW TALENT

23 Sep 2011
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JUDGING:

Four of our fabulous judges before it all began: ELLE senior fashion editor Poppy Evans, fashion blogger Sarah Badat, fashion stylist Kirsty Stoltz and style blogger Mili Bongela

Danielle Hartman presents her collection to the judges

Kutloano Molokomme talks through his red-hot looks

Kelly Esterhuyse shows off her knitwear

Dion Chang and the rest of the judges putting their heads together

To see what Dion Chang had to say about the ELLE New Talent Design competition on ELLE TV, click here.

WHAT HAPPENS BACKSTAGE DOESN’T STAY BACKSTAGE:

AMBER JONES FOR MR PRICE

ELLE NEW TALENT DESIGNER SEARCH 2010 WINNER: CLEO DROOMER

See what Cleo had to say about his range on ELLE TV, click here.

ELLE NEW TALENT DESIGNER SEARCH 2011 FINALISTS

Danielle Hartman

Charl JVR

Kelly Esterhuyse

Lameez Claasen

Samantha Constable

 

Anneke Koster

Khumo Manota

Kutloano Molokomme

AND THE WINNER IS…Kelly Esterhuyse

Kelly Esterhuyse received her ELLE New Talent Designer Search trophy from Jackie

Kelly’s winning range on the ramp

As the ELLE New Talent Designer Search winner for 2011 Kelly received a R25 000 cash prize, Mr Price mentorship programme with flights and accommodation, the opportunity to adapt her range to be sold at Mr Price, the opportunity to show at next year’s SA Fashion Week, including R5 000 towards making up the range, as well as an exclusive feature in ELLE and one year’s subscription.

WHAT WOULD AN ELLE NEW TALENT EVENT BE WITHOUT CELEBRITIES?

Nthato Mashishi, Bonang Matheba, Poppy Ntshongwana and Jackie
Bonang hit Twitter saying: ‘I’m BLOWN away… There is so much talent in SA! Thank you @ELLEmagazineSA for a faaaaab nyt!’

Tatum Keshwar, with David Tlale on her arm, guessed the winner correctly when she tweeted, “My favourite to win #ELLEnewtalent so far is Kelly with Ulijana! @ELLEmagazineSA beautiful!’
ELLE’s Poppy simply tweeted, ‘#ELLEnewtalent for the wiiiiinnnn!! @ELLEmagazineSA’

Team Christopher Strong

OFF-THE-CATWALK TRENDS

Pretty pink tea dresses

Kirsty and Funeka

A walk on the wild side in animal print

Nicole and Taugheedah

Pops of red

Palesa and Lee-Ann

Tribal prints

Nthabeleng and Zinhle

Cool coral

Jessica and Kendal

Colour-blocking

Katherine and Carla

Brights

Siya and Briana

Photo credit: SRD

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