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In CLASSICFEEL this month

The FNB Dance Umbrella 2010: An Overview

For the past 22 years dancers across forms and styles have expressed their frustrations and dreams in a choreographic crucible. This year is no exception when the FNB Dance Umbrella Read more

Of Eggshells and Elegance

With the excitement of Audi Fashion Week just around the corner, CLASSICFEEL's Lore Watterson, Luthuli Nyathi and Sizakele Shingange spoke to leading South African designer David Tlale about culture, catwalks Read more

The Pursuit of Jamie Cullum

He has collaborated with Clint Eastwood and Kylie Minogue, is a devoted fan of offbeat director Wes Anderson, has worked with UNICEF in Ethiopia and has just released an album Read more

The Art of Being Industrious

What has quickly become one of the biggest and most successful visual art events on the African continent, the Joburg Art Fair presented by FNB, will be returning this March Read more

McCoy Tyner Comes to South Africa

Since the announcement that McCoy Tyner is to be one of the headline acts at this year’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival, there is great excitement in jazz circles about Read more

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CLASSICFEEL dances into 2010 in high fashion

 

Here is the first issue of the year and it is going to be a great year for all of us. Traditionally this first editor’s note is all about what sort of a year we are facing and about our exciting plans here at CLASSICFEEL. But before I start on 2010, I have to share with all of you the fantastic news of how we ended 2009 with a bang – a PICA award!

 

Those who are in the know about magazine publishing will agree that a PICA is the ‘Oscar’ or the ‘Grammy’ of publishing. They are the most prestigious awards in South Africa’s magazine industry, aimed at recognising excellence in publishing and journalism and, considering the overall strength of the many publications that enter every year; the prize is truly a feather in CLASSICFEEL’s cap. The competition was really stiff. I don’t want to give away all the big names that entered; suffice it to say that simply every magazine out there will make an entry into the PICAs.

 

It was CLASSICFEEL’s May 2009 issue, adorned with a striking portrait of Nobel Prize winning author Nadine Gordimer, that won the PICA Award for Best Magazine Cover. Our magazine beat 29 other popular and highly acclaimed publications to take this much-coveted prize, which was judged mainly on the effectiveness of the cover on a newsstand, and the role the cover played in increasing circulation for the month in question. The strength of the content of the cover story in relation to the cover itself was also assessed for this award.

 

The PICA nod was a crowning achievement for an issue that was already very special. I simply knew that this was always going to be a wonderful issue considering the rare and exclusive interview granted to us by Nadine Gordimer. Both with the striking cover and the groundbreaking story that it represented, it marked a vital turning point in CLASSICFEEL’s development as South Africa’s prime arts and culture magazine.

 

We as a team felt that winning the PICA was a much-appreciated recognition of our hard work in shaping the CLASSICFEEL brand, and a true honour. However, winning an award like this means that we have to set the bar even higher and work all the harder to keep those standards up. One way of achieving this is to explore art forms that we have not included in our publication before, like South African fashion design with all its glamour and great success internationally. This first issue of the year brings you an in-depth interview with leading South African designer David Tlale about culture, catwalks and the art of design. And just to keep up our search for award winning covers, we chose the most striking image of this year’s FNB Dance Umbrella, which is happening between 27 February and 14 March in Johannesburg – definitely an event not to be missed.

Enjoy.

 

Lore Watterson,

Editor-in-Chief

 

CLASSICFEEL is available for only R29.95 at your nearest branch of Exclusive Books or CNA, and at selected music and book stores.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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