| Nkhensani Manganyi | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation(s) | actress and fashion designer |
Nkhensani Manganyi (also known as Nkhensani Nkosi) is a South African born actress and fashion designer.
Career
As fashion designer
In 2000 Manganyi started the fashion house Stoned Cherrie. The company developed a high profile in South Africa for its use of images of apartheid-era heroes as a recurring motif in its designs of T-shirts and cutaway tops. One of the company's better-known t-shirt designs featured cover from the magazine Drum with the face of the anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko, murdered by the state security forces in 1977, whose face remains a powerful political symbol of the resistance movement to apartheid.
Her work also includes eyewear and upholstery. She has travelled through Africa as a spokesperson for diversity in African fashion. An image of Manganyi, as Nkhensani Nkosi, working in her Johannesburg studio is included in the book, "The Language of Fashion Design" as an example of how designers develop their collection. Some of Nkosi's work was exhibited at the Fashion Institute of Technology as part of the exhibition Black Fashion Designers from December 2016 to May 2017
Acting and popular media
Manganyi's film acting credits include Legend of the Hidden City, Tarzan: The Epic Adventures and Kickboxer 5.
In 2003 Manganyi was a judge on the South African run of the television series Popstars. She commented at the time: "In the past the criticism that (Pop Stars) is heavily American influenced could be relevant, but I think our new format has helped to change that.".
References
- "Africa Fashion Week – Day 1". Bella Naija. 8 August 2006.
- ^ Mariam Jooma (14 October 2003). "South African Protest Songs Find Different Themes". Boston Globe.
- Simon Robinson (11 April 2004). "That's Kwaito Style". Time magazine. Archived from the original on 13 April 2004.
- "Winning Women: Renaissance fashion guru". News24. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- Trebay, Guy (14 February 2009). "Revealing New Layers of African Fashion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- Volpintesta, Laura (1 February 2014). The Language of Fashion Design: 26 Principles Every Fashion Designer Should Know. Rockport Publishers. p. 213. ISBN 9781592538218.
- Peoples, Lindsay. "Black Designers Finally Get a Museum Exhibit". The Cut. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "Black Fashion Designers | Fashion Institute of Technology". www.fitnyc.edu. Retrieved 9 March 2017.