Bay designer Braemore Lundall-Sauls presented Luce della Moda – the Light of Fashion – at the Edward Hotel on Saturday night as a night of glamour and diversity.
Photographer Tim Wilson captured the designer’s new Shia White wedding gowns as well as his Shia Blak range of sophisticated evening wear. In addition to the couture creations, dozens of grade 12 pupils modelled their matric farewell dresses.
The rest of the pack showing the Luce della Moda creations made as many waves as the garments. Models from Sophisticate Models featured alongside as selected drag artists – including Port Elizabeth’s Vicky Vinny who won Miss Drag SA 2018 – in gorgeous gowns before the showstopper finale of a Shia White wedding dress modelled by 68-year-old Meryl Brennan.
From the moment Saxophonist Marcelus Welman welcomed guests to the hotel, it was a night of surprises as topless body-painted waiters served guests at the full-house event snacks and champagne.
A gin bar and a labyrinth-layout runway seating plan added to Lundall-Sauls promise of an evening to remember.
Childhood cancer foundation Choc took home a cheque at the end of the night as the beneficiary for the evening.