Low Turnout Spoils Wine And Fashion Event
Monday, June 10, 2019
Samantha Mogwe alongside her core host during the Woman wine and fashion.PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
The event was set to give women a platform to enjoy all the things that make them gleeful and relaxed, not only that, it also through the provision of exhibition space, wanted to expose women in the SMME sector to an affording market with high standards to enable them not only to sell their products, but to also get market feedback instantly.
Even though the attendance was low, fashion designers still went on to showcase their work given that the event was everything wine, everything women and everything fashion.
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