Port Elizabeth-raised Gugu Peteni’s early childhood love of fabrics and design led to a degree in Fashion Design from the Nelson Mandela University in PE, and resulted in her receiving the accolade of Emerging Creative at the 2018 Design Indaba, as well as securing a place in the first season of Project Runway SA.
Her love of mohair’s versatility as a fibre, the beauty of the gentle Angora goat and mohair’s vast potential to provide a socially-conscious source of income for South Africa, drives her vision to explore new and creative ways of incorporating this fibre into her narrative.