Thebe Magugu

Fashion Designer

Thebe Magugu is a fashion designer based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Magugu established his brand in 2016 and uses design as an homage to the powerful and independent matriarchs who raised him. Having studied design, photography, and media while at LISOF School of Fashion in Johannesburg, Magugu applies a multi-disciplinary approach to storytelling.

In 2019, he received the LVMH prize and won the British Fashion Council's International Fashion Showcase for curation and fashion content.

Thebe Magugu is a fashion designer based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Magugu established his brand in 2016 and uses design as an homage to the powerful and independent matriarchs who raised him. Having studied design, photography, and media while at LISOF School of Fashion in Johannesburg, Magugu applies a multi-disciplinary approach to storytelling.

In 2019, he received the LVMH prize and won the British Fashion Council's International Fashion Showcase for curation and fashion content.

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Thebe Magugu's Fashion Heirloom

The LVMH Prize-winning South African designer's latest project is a customisable family heirloom shirt.

The Folklore That Inspired Thebe Magugu

For Thebe Magugu's A/W 23 womenswear show we spoke to the designer about the folklore that inspired his latest prints.

Thebe Magugu A/W 23 Womenswear

Autumn / Winter 2023

Designer: Thebe Magugu

Dior and Charlize Theron Team Up With Thebe Magugu

The LVMH Prize winner was tasked with reinterpreting the maison’s signature styles including the iconic New Look.

Thebe Magugu Tackles Textile Waste In New Documentary

The designer's S/S 23 collection, DISCARD THEORY, is accompanied by a documentary inspired by the second-hand clothing shipped to South Africa.

Thebe Magugu's First London Show Will Be Held In Collaboration With V&A

The V&A Fashion in Motion show marks the first time the designer has presented one of his collections outside of Johannesburg, taking place on 7 October in the museum's Raphael Court.

Ancestral Recall: Thebe Magugu

Using fashion to systematically document culture, fashion designer Thebe Magugu conveys the quiet power of the African ancestral plane in this film.

'What if Africa were the birth place of couture?', Asks Thebe Magugu and AZ Factory

South African Magugu is the first guest 'amigo' to design a collection for the brand founded by the late Alber Elbaz.

AZ Factory by Thebe Magugu

Paris Seasonless

Designer: Thebe Magugu

AZ Factory Announces First Design Amigo, Thebe Magugu

Alber Elbaz's legacy lives on as his AZ Factory announces its first design friend, South African designer Thebe Magugu.

Thebe Magugu S/S 22 Womenswear

Paris Spring / Summer 2022

Designer: Thebe Magugu

Paris Collections

Thebe Magugu Unveils His 'Porte-Bonheurs' Exhibition at Le Bon Marché

One of fashion's brightest stars of the moment, Thebe Magugu, has designed a sculpture of multiple flowered pins exhibited at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche, in support of the humanitarian association Dessine l'Espoir.

Thebe Magugu S/S 22 Menswear

Pitti Spring / Summer 2022

Designer: Thebe Magugu

Pitti Collections

Fashion Film: Thebe Magugu S/S 22 Menswear

Watch the Thebe Magugu S/S 22 menswear fashion film entitled 'DOUBLETHINK.'

What SHOWstudio Are Looking Forward To: Menswear S/S 22

As the June shows creep around the corner, has anything changed one year on from the first fully digital fashion week?

Solange Showcases The Woolmark Prize Fashion Finalists In A New Fashion Film

Solange Knowles has teamed up with director Wu Tsang to create an ethereal fashion film featuring the work of designers including Thebe Magugu, Matty Bovan, Casablanca and Kenneth Ize.

BULLETIN: Thebe Magugu Named Guest Designer at Pitti Uomo 2021

The LVMH Prize-winning designer will present a menswear collection during the trade show's 100th edition in Florence.

Thebe Magugu A/W 21

Paris Autumn / Winter 2021

Designer: Thebe Magugu

Paris Collections

Best in Show: Rikki Byrd

Writer Rikki Byrd discusses look #13 from Thebe Magugu S/S 21.

Critical Analysis

Thebe Magugu S/S 21

Paris Spring / Summer 2021

Designer: Thebe Magugu

Paris Collections

Fashion Film: Thebe Magugu S/S 21

Watch the Thebe Magugu S/S 21 fashion film entitled 'Counter Intelligence.'

Thebe Magugu A/W 20 Womenswear

Paris Autumn / Winter 2020

Designer: Thebe Magugu

Paris Collections

Voicemail Interview

Voicemail Interview: Thebe Magugu on Thebe Magugu A/W 19 Womenswear

Georgina Evans calls up Thebe Magugu to talk winning the British Fashion Council's International Fashion Showcase 2019 programme and representing his home country of South Africa on a world stage.

International Fashion Showcase

International Fashion

Thebe Magugu Wins LVMH 2019 Prize

South African designer Thebe Magugu wins the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designer.

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