Fashion designer and actress Enhle Mbali-Mlotshwa wears the dress she designed for the late veteran actress Connie Chiume at the Basadi Music Awards.
South African entertainment industry mourns the death of the veteran actress who recently lost her life after suffering from a short illness, at Garden City Hospital in Johannesburg. Enhle Mbali wore the dress she designed for the actress in March.
Taking to Instagram, the Essie Apparel designer shared that she made the dress for Connie but after learning of her recent passing decided to wear the dress in honour of her.
She says, “This dress like many of my others has a story, gonna keep it short though. It was completed by the @essie_apparel team for Mama @conniechiume in March. We ended up going for something more simple to save this particular dress for a lifetime achievement award. Then I was to use it for something else as I was in love with this baby. After finding out about mama resting I decided to wear it to the @basadiinmusicawards_sa this past weekend as a reminder to myself of how fab mama was. And oh boy did I look fab. mama’s #EmpressEnhle I will miss her stories, but oksalayo we looked cute.”
Since debuting her fashion label, Essie Apparel at South Africa Fashion Week in 2020. Enhle has won her first international award for Best Designer Collection at the Fashion Community Week, in America.
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Instagram users praised Enhle’s beautiful unique design by saying:
One user commented: “You looked stunning.”
Another user added: “The dress is beautiful and you look beautiful in it. The story behind it is even more beautiful, thanks for sharing.”
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