Low Turnout Spoils Wine And Fashion Event

Samantha Mogwe alongside her core host during the Woman wine and fashion.PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Samantha Mogwe alongside her core host during the Woman wine and fashion.PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

The Wine, Women and Fashion event that was set to become the annual ultimate lifestyle affair in Botswana, took place over the weekend at The Gaborone Golf Club in a subdued tone- not what most people expected.

The event was set to give women a platform to enjoy all the things that make them gleeful and relaxed, not only that, it also through the provision of exhibition space, wanted to expose women in the SMME sector to an affording market with high standards to enable them not only to sell their products, but to also get market feedback instantly.

Even though the attendance was low, fashion designers still went on to showcase their work given that the event was everything wine, everything women and everything fashion.

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