How To Be The “IT” Guy, By The “IT” Guys

The “IT” guy; the kind of guy that people respect and look up to. The kind of guy women love to be around, when they’re not swooning over him. These are the type of guys that exhibit the kind of magnetism that makes others naturally gravitate towards them. It’s not all about being tall, dark and handsome. What you must …

The MYD Show – Uncover Your Muse with Ingo Shanyenge

Ingo is a Namibian Fashion Designer. His star status was rising in the United Kingdom, where he studied fashion, but Ingo wanted to bring his passion for fashion back to Namibia to help create a fashion industry here. Which is what he is doing. Ingo is fast becoming a household name in Namibia for his chic and tailored style. His range …

Fashionable Namibia

“My style is Afrocentric and contemporary. My first collection was very European styled, back then I used to think African print is clichéd. Being from Africa and wearing African print, but at one point it hit me that: If you do your own, it will just come naturally to you.” Ingo Shanyenge is designing himself into a position of one of …

How to become a designer in Namibia

Sometimes the thing that we should be doing is right in front of us. Sometimes it’s the thing that we’ve been doing since we were young. Matheus Erastus never imagined he’d end up as a fashion designer when he was young. For him, fashion was something he indulged in after soccer practice, by hand or secretly on his mother’s sewing …

Sewing Self Belief to Stitch Change

  “When I was younger I would sneak into my mother’s wardrobe and try on her clothes, putting on her pretty dresses and high heels along with bright red lipstick.” Stark contrasts form the backdrop and the landscape, a designers dream which is why more and more fashion designers are feeling inspired to make their mark in Namibia. 99FM’s MYD …