Zozi wears innovative Thebe Magugu design featuring a pink ready-to-wear suit.
Zozi Tunzi’s sense of fashion and style is a gift that continues to showcase her with stunning looks. She is a big lover of African designers. The former Miss Universe is back in South Africa, and took to Instagram wearing an innovative Thebe Magugu design.
Tunzi is not scared to push the boundaries gently and try new things. The Miss Universe shook the shape of traditionally Westernized strict fashion and beauty norms, pushing the boundaries with her short, naturally cut style.
The Zozi and Magugu collaborated is to display his designs for this worldwide competition: a long line single-breasted coat with a matching utility apron. The garment is constructed of a revolutionary anti-viral fabric and is part of his current collection, which looks at the shifting face of African spirituality.
“Anti-Viral Yarn Coat: I am so proud of this fabric we developed, not only because it kills 99% of all viruses that land on its surface (tested with COVID19) but because it has entirely been produced in South Africa. This is the crafted work of hands from so many provinces – Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Gauteng – who have all pushed themselves to create this beautiful cerise tweed.” Said Magugu
Magugu shared some insight into why the team decided to portray such varied personas in this shoot on Instagram, saying: “Zozi captured our imagination and moved us all with her now historic speech, urging us all to ‘take up space’. She’s an allegorical every woman.”
Tunzi said she was proud to have been part of such an “exciting project on social media” and was impressed by the “genius creativity of it all”.
“I’m glad we all pushed the envelope with the extreme differences of the two looks (mullet and all),” she added.
We love the Grace Jones lookalike photoshoot! And the fabric is made in Mzansi, proudly South African!