Hendrik Vermeulen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hendrik Vermeulen
Occupation	Fashion Designer
Date Of Birth	Apr 7, 1982(1982-04-07)
Age	42
Birthplace	Fauresmith
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Free State
Horoscope	Aries

Hendrik Vermeulen Biography

Hendrik Vermeulen is one of the most popular and richest Fashion Designer who was born on April 7, 1982 in Fauresmith, Free State, South Africa. Hendrik Meyer Vermeulen was born Hendrik Mentz Vermeulen on 7 April 1982. He is a South African Couturier, fashion designer and stylist. He also performs as a singer-songwriter under the stage name Joh Urban.

Hendrik was invited to the first International Fashion Week in 2010. The same year, a group of work from earlier years was displayed at Mozambique Fashion Week Maputo. Hendrik was the first South African designer to be invited again and to exhibit at Mozambique Fashion Week 2014 in Maputo.

In 2012, he legalises his business by creating his own company: Hendrik Vermeulen Couture Pty Ltd in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. He took charges of the creative and financial side of the business as Creative Director and placed his husband Jean-Daniel Meyer-Vermeulen at the head of the company as General Manager. The company opens its first flagship boutiqueacross the famous Heritage Square in the City Centre of Cape Town the following year in 2013.

With the arrival of Digital Fabric Printing in South Africa, Hendrik started working very closely with a Cape Town based printing company to perfect the reactive dye process on silk and other natural fibres. This inspiration led to the creation of the “Reflections of Subterranean Luxury” collection, putting his newly acquired skills to the test. The collection was first presented during the launch of the prêt-à-porter label Simply Vermeulen at the Design Indaba in March 2013.

Hendrik Vermeulen, a former fashion designer and chef de cuisine for South African Couturiers like Gert van der Merwe, launches his label Hendrik Vermeulen Couture in 2009.

Hendrik Vermeulen Net Worth

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

He enrolled at FCI in 2001 for an intensive Couture course. This fashion institute has schools in Pretoria and South Africa. In 2003, he received his diploma in Couture.

Hendrik vermeulen, a 2007 entrepreneur, decided to create his own custom-made bridal wear and exclusive formal evening wear. The Hendrikvermeulen Couture label was created.

In March 2011, Hendrik Vermeulen was appointed as a board member of the World Fashion Council to endeavour to make a difference by empowering women through skills development for the future of the World Fashion. In 2012, he was appointed a board member of the South African National Chapter of the World Fashion Organization. Also in 2012, Hendrik Vermeulen Couture showcases at the first edition of the Perth Fashion Week. The presentation thrilled the audience with a South African Inspired Collection called “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrica” (God Bless Africa). This was the start of Hendrik’s passion for creating his own unique fabrics through various methods of fabric manipulation, hand dyeing and airbrushing; having learned some of the skills required while practising one of his hobbies, carpentry.

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Later in the same year, an invitation to showcase at AltaRoma / World of Fashion was presented again, this was the start of a collaboration with a non- profit ocean conservation initiative headed by Hendrik Vermeulen’s close friend Hanli Prinsloo, the “I Am Water Ocean Conservation” foundation, through a collection of the same title. This also reignited a past passion of Hendrik’s, music. Hendrik wrote a poem based on the ocean, and composed a song entitled Ndingamanzi (I Am Water in Xhosa), in his home based recording studio, which he subsequently recorded with two prominent South African artists: Zolani Mahola and Bianca LeGrange. This song was released in New York at the Vanderbilt Hall on the day of the fashion presentation during American World Champion swimmer and I Am Water Foundation Program Director Peter Marshall’s introduction speech, with part of the profits of the song and fashion sale going to the foundation.

Facts & Trivia

Hendrik Ranked on the list of most popular Fashion Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Hendrik Vermeulen celebrates birthday on April 7 of every year.