Fashion designer, creative director and founder · Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Noxolo
Sitshinga
Noxolo Sitshinga is a South African fashion designer, creative director and founder of Purple Pot Designs, a contemporary fashion brand combining timeless elegance, craftsmanship and sustainable design.
Her creative practice explores fashion through natural dyeing, responsible materials and innovative textile techniques, while creating sophisticated, wearable pieces for the contemporary woman. She is a graduate of Durban University of Technology with an Advanced Diploma in Fashion and Textiles, and has shown work on national and international fashion and trade platforms.
She is also the founder of From Student to Studio Creative Launchpad, bridging creative education and entrepreneurship for emerging women creatives through mentorship, business development, industry exposure and market access. She builds commercially viable African creative businesses and opportunities for women.