Sunday Times

PENDULUM BY BLACK COFFEE

- Nothemba Mkhondo

For Autumn/Winter 2019, Black Coffee swings between the past and the present with a retrospect­ive collection inspired by designer Jacques van der Watt’s 21 years in fashion. Van der Watt took a key look from each year and reinvented and transforme­d them, staying true to the Black Coffee graphic geometry and sculptural constructi­on.

 ??  ?? 1. Counterpoi­nt cubist Coat using Picasso’s African mask period as an inspiratio­n. 2. Quartz Formation Dress: inspired by the refraction of light found in mineral formations. 3. Mosaic Butterfly Dress: from the Black Coffee 2016 installati­on collection.
1. Counterpoi­nt cubist Coat using Picasso’s African mask period as an inspiratio­n. 2. Quartz Formation Dress: inspired by the refraction of light found in mineral formations. 3. Mosaic Butterfly Dress: from the Black Coffee 2016 installati­on collection.
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