President�s Day Fashion Show participants show potential
Friday, July 21, 2017
Fashion Design winning outfit made from plastic straws by Tebogo Batshabele PIC:MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The Fashion Show had a number of categories such as hairdressing, modelling, dressmaking and fashion design. In all the categories different players proved to have potential in their respective crafts, especially those who competed in the finals, but according to experts, only a few fashion designers and dressmakers showed creativity in their works.
The lack of creativity was visible in the dressmaking and fashion design categories. The outfits appeared basic without that fashion show flair. The outfits from both categories were almost similar despite it being different categories.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...