Gert-Johan Coetzee

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gert-Johan Coetzee
Occupation	Fashion Designer
Date Of Birth	Nov 18, 1987(1987-11-18)
Age	37
Birthplace	South Africa
Country	South Africa
Horoscope	Scorpio

Gert-Johan Coetzee Biography

Gert-Johan Coetzee is one of the most popular and richest Fashion Designer who was born on November 18, 1987 in South Africa, South Africa. Fashion designer who is known for specializing in bridal events as well as runway fashion shows. He is also known for appearing as a mentor on the South African edition of Project Runway. He shares his works through his self-titled website and Instagram for his over 280,000 followers.

He shared a photo with television host Pearl Thusi to his Instagram in August of 2018.

During Coetzee’s second year at college (2004) he won the High Fashion Award at the annual Vukani Awards. This is where he was spotted by the television personality Sandy Ngema. He dressed her for the red carpet at the Durban July Handicap premier horseracing event that year and also went on to dress her for two seasons as presenter of the SABC3 reality TV series Strictly Come Dancing. In 2006, at the young age of 19, Coetzee was named South Africa’s Most Promising Designer at the Cape Town Fashion festival. His first commercial venture was as partner in the Diamond Face Couture label with businesswoman Uyanda Mbuli which launched in 2006. He went on his own in 2010 and launched Gert-Johan Coetzee Pty Ltd at the age of 22. He has since shown his collections at South Africa Fashion week as well as showcasing his work at international Fashion Week shows in Canada at Vancouver Fashion Week, Angola and Nigeria. His couture designs are worn at all major fashion events including the Durban July Handicap, J&B Met, SA Music Awards, Huisgenoot Skouspel, You Spectacular and Miss World. His gowns have been worn by presenters of popular TV shows such as Strictly Come Dancing and Top Billing. Just a year into establishing his own label Coetzee achieved a celebrity coup when international TV stars Kourteney Kardashian (Keeping Up with the Kardashians). and Kristin Cavallari (The Hills) wore GJC dresses on the Hollywood red carpet. He subsequently also dressed soap opera star Arianna Zucker (Days of Our Lives) in 2012, and Kelly Rowland, (in 2013, at the 40th anniversary of the Ms Foundation for Women in Beverly Hills, in honour of its founder Gloria Steinem. Coetzee has a long list of high-end clients and celebrities including such notable figures as Revlon Ambassador Bonang Matheba, Pabi Moloi, Tamara Dey, Lira, Liezel van der Westhuizen, Cindy Nell, Terry Pheto, Tatum Keshwar, Kerry McGregor, Louise Carver, Doreen Morris as well as several influential women in politics and African royalty. Coetzee is also the first South African Swarovski brand ambassador. Coetzee is interested in technological advances in fashion and constantly pushes the envelope in his collections. In April 2013 he was the first South African fashion designer to utilise hi-tech 3D-printing technology in his SA Fashion Week Spring Summer 2013 “sea urchin” collection. He collaborated with the Vaal University of Technology on the technical side, to render and print three-dimensional embellishments to incorporate into the garments. Then in October 2013, at the next SA Fashion Week, he looked to new technologies again and collaborated with photographer Nicole Phillips to captured his all-pink Autumn Winter 2014 collection with never-before seen in South Africa time-slice fashion photography on an intricate set using 40 cameras firing simultaneously.

Coetzee was born in Koster, North West Province. His love for fashion started at a very early age, and when he was in Grade Two he told his mother that one day he was going to be a famous fashion designer. He attended Koster primary school until Grade Four and then was home-schooled. As a young boy in school he used to dress his pencils up in tissue paper and by the age of sixteen he started studying at the North West School of Design. He graduated from NWSD in 2005.

He was born and raised in South Africa.

Gert-Johan Coetzee Net Worth

Gert-Johan Coetzee is one of the richest Fashion Designer from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gert-Johan Coetzee 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He first began sharing his designs and outfits through Instagram in April of 2013.

He is known for having started the South Africa Fashion Week with a show at the Scuderia Ferrari showroom in Bryanston, Jozi in October of 2015.

Gert-Johan Coetzee (born 18 November 1987), is a South African fashion designer. His fashion atelier is based in Linden, Johannesburg in Gauteng province. He specialises in couture red carpet gowns, he also designs ready- to-wear range . Coetzee is known for dressing South African and international celebrities at red-carpet events.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Gert-Johan Coetzee Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Gert-Johan Ranked on the list of most popular Fashion Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Gert-Johan Coetzee celebrates birthday on November 18 of every year.

Top Facts about Gert-Johan Coetzee

1. Gert-Johan Coetzee is a South African fashion artist
2. He is based in Linden, Johannesburg and specialises in couture red carpet gowns and ready-to-wear ranges
3. He won the High Fashion Award at the Vukani Awards in 2004
4. He was named South Africa’s Most Promising Designer at the Cape Town Fashion festival in 2006
5. At the age of 22 he launched Gert-Johan Coetzee Pty Ltd
6. International TV stars Kourteney Kardashian and Kristin Cavallari have worn his gowns on the Hollywood red carpet
7. He is the first South African Swarovski brand ambassador
8. His couture designs are worn at major fashion events such as the Durban July Handicap
9. He has a long list of high-end clients and celebrities, including Revlon Ambassador Bonang Matheba
10. He was the first South African fashion designer to utilise high-tech 3D-printing technology in his SA Fashion Week Spring Summer 2013 “sea urchin” collection
11. He partners with social organisations, with his Spring/Summer 2013 “sea urchin” collection dedicated to women victims of violence
12. His “all pink” Auntumn/Winter 2014 SA Fashion week collection was dedicated to breast cancer awareness
13. He believes in “fashion with a conscience” to gain attention for social causes
14. He partnered with Thando Hopa in September 2012 to raise awareness of albinism
15. He partnered with Shout and the Pink Drive for breast cancer awareness for his 2014 collection

Is Gert-Johan Coetzee still married?

Visage and Coetzee had often been hailed for their working relationship which saw Gert Johan Coetzee devote himself fully to the creative process of his brand while Visagie handled the business side of things. Fans are curious to see how things will play out now that they are no longer married.

Where did Gert-Johan Coetzee study?

Gert-Johan Coetzee and BERNINA These classes helped me built a very strong foundation before I formally started to study Fashion Design at North West School of Design. I started taking part in the BERNINA Fabric Fun competition when I was 14 years old.

Which designer opened the first boutique in South Africa?

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Who is the most famous fashion designer in South Africa?

Gert-Johan Coetzee (born 18 November 1987), is a South African fashion artist. His fashion atelier is based in Linden, Johannesburg in Gauteng province. He specialises in couture red carpet gowns, he also designs ready-to-wear range .

Who is Gert married to?

Classical music plays on an antique radio set as the two smiling men are photographed in the stylish Johannesburg home. Here in the heart of Linden, at the home of fashion designer Gert-Johan Coetzee and his husband, Vicky Visagie , things seem to be pretty much the same as whenever we’ve visited before.