Palesa Mokubung

She is the first African designer to collaborate with the Swedish fashion company H&M to create a collection.

In 2014 she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fashion Design from Vanderbijlpark Technical College.

When she won the competition she travelled to New York and Mumbai for six months and there she showed her first solo range.

[3][2][4] In that same year, she designed her first solo collection, which was shown at the 8th annual South Africa Fashion Week.

[9][8] Her brand has featured on numerous runways including Greece, India, USA, Jamaica, Nigeria, Botswana and Senegal.