Albertus Swanepoel

(Image via Style.com)

South African-born Albertus Swanepoel is being hailed as the U.S version of Stephen Jones. He's now a regular on the catwalks, creating hats to top off designs by Proenza Schouler, Carolina Herrera, and Alexander Wang, to name but a few.

In 2008 he was a finalist for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award which meant that he was asked to design a limited edition for GAP this year based on the classic Gap khaki. He's in good company - Alexander Wang and Vena Cava (one of my favourite designers) also produced khaki collections. (More on that at Nitrolicious)


(Image courtesy of GAP)

More about Albertus:

- a great Fashion Spot thread featuring photos of Albertus, his studio and creations
- Style.com asks Albertus 5 questions