SA Fashion Brand Start-Up Imprint ZA Announces Its Partnership With New York Based Fashion Brand Flying Solo
SA Fashion Brand Start-Up Imprint ZA Announces Its Partnership With New York Based Fashion Brand Flying Solo. South African fashion brand Imprint ZA took to Twitter to announce its partnership with New York based fashion startup Flying Solo, this partnership will see Imprint ZA’s clothes being available at the Flying Solo Store.
The post read, “My brand is now available in New York City y’all. Like the Kanye West wanna be, with home made swag from ekasi as someone once called me a few years ago when I started. Is now sold in New York” Imprint ZA was founded by Mzukisi Mbane who is also a qualified Accountant but he is operating as a Creative Entrepreneur in the field of retail and fashion design.
This is a huge achievement for the Imprint ZA brand as it is expanding its reach to new territories. Through business partnerships such as this the company is working towards getting into the international market. It is securing these types of deals to make sure that the brand arrives with an endorsement from a familiar brand that people that side are used to, this way they will trust the brand more as it is associated with the brand that they are familiar with. “I see my brand as a storytelling tool. Celebrating the stories and glamour of our African ancestors with a very modern and futuristic feel. So for me, inspiration comes from understanding who I am, where I am and where I want to be.” said Mbane on the company’s website.
Flying Solo is an innovative fashion brand and an organization of fashion designers that is revolutionizing the fashion industry by putting designers in control of retail, co-working spaces, NYFW & PFW runway shows, PR and more. Over the past 2.5 years, Flying Solo has grown from a small shop in NoLita into a fashion powerhouse with two luxury manhattan locations With more than 80 designers, Flying Solo has become the most eclectic showcase of independent fashion design in the world. FS’s NYFW shows, held biannually, is the largest show of independent fashion on the NYFW calendar, boasting more than 360 looks and 80 models on the runway.
