Art and Fashion in South Africa are in for a crazy blow during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Adam Carnegie, a Cape Townian illustrator and designer has got to work with exactly this, and the environment, in mind. He has formed Kelp, the Kelp Environmental Learning Project. The project gives homeless people and volunteers alike the opportunity to become a part of making vuvuzela’s out of kelp. Here’s Adam blowing one of his hand-painted vuvuzela’s.
As far as fashion goes, the South African fashion industry will take a step into the limelight as tourists do the usual shopping thing! They’re all going to be going home to their friends saying “ OMG look what I got in South Africa, it’s so…” and we have the responsibility to fill the end of that sentence with positivity!!!
What is your opinion on what the World Cup will do for South Africa? Excited or Scared for the rush?
The 2010 World Cup is right around the corner.
Nobody can deny the electricity in the air over this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Whether you are a supporter of the event, or a sceptic who fears the repercussions of South Africa hosting the 2010 Soccer World Cup, everybody seems eager for the event itself.
South Africa has been given a unique opportunity to show the world its beauty and diverse cultural heritage.
While tourists coming for the 2010 Soccer World Cup will primarily be coming for the epic football matches between the greatest teams on Earth, they will also dive into the best South Africa has to offer, such as Game parks, beaches, South African food and energy packed night life.
There is however one truly unique South African fashion trend that foreigners will be bombarded with when they arrive in SA.
The funky converted mine workers helmets, otherwise known as Makaraba, are big beautiful and guaranteed to make the internationals stop and stare.
We as South Africans are intimately aware of this football fashion must have, and by the end of the World Cup I have no doubts that THOUSANDS of Makaraba will be making their way back overseas with many protective tourists.
