Ande
Mafenuka

Where African fashion research meets the shoot.

Wardrobe Stylist · Designer · Creative Researcher — Cape Town / Johannesburg

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Selected Work

Styling · Editorial · Campaign

Ande Mafenuka wardrobe styling — Vogue editorial, white embroidered coat at Signal Hill, Cape Town — Vogue — “Let the light hold you, let the moment shape you” Wardrobe Styling — Ande Mafenuka · Photography — @laura.iikkanen · Muse — @brad_ewing_ · Signal Hill, Cape Town

Ande Mafenuka styling — BALANCE editorial, two figures in African-print and crochet by water — Balance — 2024 Styling & Set Design — Ande Mafenuka · Photography — Marlon Sasman · Art Direction — Elelwani Makhuva

Ande Mafenuka styling — Aesthetics editorial, two models in brooch-laden white blazer and corset — Aesthetics — 2026 Styling — Ande Mafenuka · with @melissa.maxtadhenderson · Photography — @rubytwoblue · Fish Hoek, Cape Town

Ande Mafenuka styling detail — vintage brooches and cameos on a white blazer — Aesthetics — detail Styling — Ande Mafenuka · Photography — @rubytwoblue · Fish Hoek, Cape Town

Ande Mafenuka menswear styling — The Old Money Look, burgundy tailoring with travel trunk — The Old Money Look — 2026 Styling — Ande Mafenuka · Photography — Laura Ikkanen · Vredehoek, Cape Town

Ande Mafenuka styling — gold headpiece and sheer black, Sweet Pull Up music video — Sweet Pull Up — 2021 Styling — Ande Mafenuka · with @jadestarflex · DoP — @cloutcassette · Sandton, Johannesburg

Ande Mafenuka styling — RETRO, red beret and tailoring against white shutters — Retro — 2024 Styling, Model & Direction — Ande Mafenuka · Photography — Marlon Sasman · Bree Street, Cape Town

Ande Mafenuka styling — Fitness Series, blue athleticwear on a Cape Town basketball court — Fitness Series — 2026 Styling — Ande Mafenuka · Photography — @thomas.faehnrich · Model — Karla Santos · Waterfront, Cape Town

Ande Mafenuka styling — Mannequin Installation, green velvet and orange folk dress for The Market Theatre Foundation — Mannequin Installation — 2022 Styling — Ande Mafenuka · The Market Theatre Foundation · Photography — Andile Tshaba · Newtown, Johannesburg

Ande Mafenuka styling — Mannequin Installation, red dress with African-print bodice for The Market Theatre Foundation — Mannequin Installation — 2022 Styling — Ande Mafenuka · The Market Theatre Foundation · Photography — Andile Tshaba · Newtown, Johannesburg

Clients, Publications & Collaborators

The Market Theatre Foundation · Vogue · 17.23 Magazine · Twenty Model Management

About

Ande Mafenuka — known as Samba — is a wardrobe stylist, designer and creative researcher working between Cape Town and Johannesburg.

His practice treats styling as research: every shoot begins with cultural reference and ends as image — building looks that carry intellectual rigour and cultural specificity, not just taste.

Wardrobe Styling Campaign Styling E-commerce Styling Editorial Styling Creative Direction Fashion Research

Contact

Let's make the image.

Available for editorial, campaign & creative direction.

sambastylist@gmail.com

Instagram — @samba.the.stylist WhatsApp — 073 575 9707