Article 27: The x X x Fashion show by The Movement: Review

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This past Saturday, TheNASHmag team headed out to Capacity park in Zone4 for the 2^nd annual Triple X fashion show. The weather wasn’t too friendly for the night but a modest number of people had already shown up when I got there. The team was still busy putting up the finishing touches, fixing up the tent, chairs, lighting and we were kept waiting for an extended time, this way after the set start off time of 6pm.

At around some minutes to ten o’clock everyone was requested to get a seat and the show finally got started. The ensemble of those who stuck to the theme of “all black everything” was beautifully seated in one row. The opening performer, I could say was the highlight of the night. “Fuki baby” was a star on stage and he killed the performance. He had great energy, got the crowd involved and was very entertaining, so for that one, the organizers were on the money.

The designers really did a great job. The designs were really fresh and trendy. Nothing extravagant and over the top, they really had a fresh twist to them and appeal to the target market. It was a mix of funky, casual, formal, creative pieces. There were also some nice designs for the guys. Some Funky colorful formal wear and some casual too, I even saw a very daring piece that got many talking, worn by one of the male models where he had an under toned shirt with a belt over it. The models were really beautiful.  My plead to the organizers is for the  next show, please find some hot, good looking buff men for us ladies, my eyes were not “washed” at all. The crowd was a really good spot, they got involved and applauded and screamed.

The designers for the night included Portia with “Posh Exclusive”, Thabo with “Cyber-Purple Tray”, Lefa, Zet, Retro BLVD, Naledi, Lebo, Katlego and Palesa. On the decks for some good entertainment was DJ Dijo, DJ Funky-D, DJ Michael Giggs, The Masterpiece, Biggy, K9nine, Jazzy T, P.I, and Sikboy. There were also performances for the night which included birthday boy “Fuki Baby”, T.A.Y.G Cru, Pro Chiq and Corner Joint members (C.I.A and SP).

I had high expectations regarding the show but I was not completely impressed. I felt that everything was just going so wrong. The MC for the night was not alive and had no energy and not engaging with the crowd, Fuki could have probably done a better job. The mics kept cutting off; the sound was not hundred percent. Not only does it piss of the person using it, it also makes them look like fools and it also says something about the organizers.

I feel there could have been a rehearsal during the day to iron out everything and to see what works and does not, that could have helped a great deal. There were also no programs handed out to us as to how the whole show would run. It would have served great for designers if their names and brands were written down, so we knew who showcased what.  For a fashion show the showcased designs were allocated far too short time. The models did a quick one round and came off the ramp; there was no “show” at all. It felt like I had traveled for two hours going to a 20 minute meeting, no gratification. 

The night was supposed to be more about the designers and their designs, and not too much about other things like performances that went on forever, some artists doing one song after the next while other artists were turned away.

The tent was not utilized to its full potential. It was spread out and there was space that was not, but could have been used. There were a lot of intervals and sometimes just dead moments were the MC could have saved. The visible chaos in the mist of everything else was really unprofessional.

Organizing a show like this one couldn't have been easy. Glitches and technical errors and other things were bound to happen .The night was not a complete fail. People came in to support, the atmosphere was great. People looked really stylish and looked like they were having fun and the designs were on point. There were great moments and not so great ones. Hopefully the next one would see some much needed improvements and will be a lot less messy. You can like their Facebook page on the link below:

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