GQ magazine has named Jon-Paul Bolus, the owner of Cape Town clothing stores Loading Bay and Blue Blood, South Africa's best-dressed man. He leads a list of 40 ambassadors of style appear in the magazine's November issue.
Olé Ledimo a fashion designer and founder of House of Olé, and Sandile Msimango Senior, manager of mergers and acquisitions at MTN, were listed at two and three. Making the Top 10 were: YFM DJ Sizwe Dhlomo; Mark de Mendez, drummer for the Dirty Skirts; businessmen Thabang Skambwane, Tshepo Molale and Mandla Sibeko; Anthony Keyworth, co-owner of Paul Smith; and new media strategist Devon Brough.
The lifestyle magazine's annual Best-Dressed Men of the Year Awards ceremony was held at The Westcliff in Johannesburg last week .
List of 40 best-dressed men Arts & media
Frank Magongwa: musician Sizwe Dhlomo: MTV Base VJ and YFM DJ* Jimmy Dludlu: musician Colin Moss: actor/TV presenter Kabelo Mabalane: musician Kwela Tebza brothers: musicians Mark De Mendez: musician* Devon Brough: new media strategist*
Business
Andile Gasa: MD of IPS South Africa Brett-Warren Blythe: director of companies Arie Fabian: MD of Fabiani Thulane Hadebe: owner of Brand Ambassadors Jon-Paul Bolus: owner of Loading Bay and Blue Blood* Sandile Msimango: senior manager of mergers and acquisitions at MTN* Mandla Sibeko: chairman of Seed Capital Investments and Netflorist, co-owner of Pick n Pay, Kliptown, Soweto * Romeo Kumalo: group executive of business strategy & development at Vodacom Ningi Mhinga: account manager at Draftfcb Paul Diamond: entrepreneur, The Shine Group Dion Chang: corporate trend analyst, director of Flux Trends Tshepo Molale: director of SoftAudit consultancy* Thabang Skwambane: director of Kaelo Consulting* Sakhile Ngcobo: head of corporate affairs at De Beers Stephen Hickox: MD of Kreame Lifestyle Industry Khaya Dludla: group financial director of Draftfcb Anthony Keyworth: co-owner of Paul Smith and Antanna* Ebrahim Fakir: political analyst with the Centre for Policy Studies Gidon Novick: CEO of Kulula.com and joint-CEO of BA Comair
Fashion
Linda Makhanya: fashion editor/stylist Ephraim Molingoana: designer for Ephymol Olé Ledimo: fashion designer and founder of House of Olé* Felipe Mazibuko: stylist Grant van den Berg: owner of Frank Bespoke Javaid Jagadi: owner of Jagadi Haute Couture Themba Mngomezulu: owner of Darkie clothing Cameron Foden: fashion designer Heinke Kriel: footwear buyer for Markham
Sport
Brian Baloyi: Sundowns goalkeeper Herschelle Gibbs: Proteas cricketer Jonathan Snaith: Horse trainer, Snaith Racing Matthew Boot: Bafana Bafana footballer
* indicates top 10
The selection panel: Shaldon Kopman, Noni Gasa, Precious Moloi, Brad Armitage, and GQ's Arthur Malan-Murison, Robert Cilliers, Dylan Muhlenberg, Siphiwe Mpye and Craig Tyson.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This Message Board accepts no liability of legal consequences that arise from the Message Boards (e.g. libel, slander, or other such crimes). All posted messages are the sole property of their respective authors. The maintainer does retain the right to remove any message posts for whatever reasons. People that post messages to this forum are not to libel/slander nor in any other way depict a company, entity, individual(s), or service in a false light; should they do so, the legal consequences are theirs alone. Bizcommunity.com will disclose authors' IP addresses to authorities if compelled to do so by a court of law.