CLIVE RUNDLE GOES TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE

Renowned fashion designer Clive Rundle spent time at Buckingham Palace this week for the opening reception of the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange design exhibition. Rundle was representing South Africa for work he has done in collaboration with Lesotho-based textile design duo, Phutheho Ranooe and Maleeto Monyau of House of Thethana. Drawing inspiration from Lesotho’s rich horsemanship culture, crafter Monyau worked under Rundle’s direction to develop a print for luxurious fabrics such as silk and organza. “The pattern pieces are a complex arrangement of many seasons, many collections, that together now make the idea of saddles,” explains Rundle.