Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Fashion Designers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest fashion designers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 182 fashion designers tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Karl Lagerfeld, Tom Ford and Jean Paul Gaultier lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 691k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 13k, and the largest, Karl Lagerfeld, reaches around 488k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each fashion designer, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Walter Gropius 1.4k 40.3 48.8% Fashion designer
52 Steven Alan 1.4k 25.5 61.6% Fashion designer
53 Terry Wogan 1.4k 46.4 77.1% Fashion designer
54 Riccardo Tisci 1.3k 26.1 55.8% Fashion designer
55 Elsa Schiaparelli 1.3k 30.5 35.5% Fashion designer
56 Marcel Wanders 1.3k 39.8 78.5% Fashion designer
57 Sarah Richardson 1.3k 48.1 31.7% Fashion designer
58 Jenny Packham 1.2k 23.8 92.1% Fashion designer
59 Hubert de Givenchy 1.1k 36.6 49.7% Fashion designer
60 Neil Barrett (fashion designer) 1.1k 26.8 70.4% Fashion designer
61 Lana Marks 1.1k 39.2 83.6% Fashion designer
62 Anya Hindmarch 1.1k 42.4 85.5% Fashion designer
63 Bob Mackie 1.1k 36.1 55.4% Fashion designer
64 Ira Glass 997 46.3 66.6% Fashion designer
65 Sonia Rykiel 997 48.4 100.0% Fashion designer
66 Oleg Cassini 970 39.8 81.0% Fashion designer
67 Christopher Bailey (fashion designer) 941 46.5 93.5% Fashion designer
68 Orla Kiely 936 50.3 90.7% Fashion designer
69 Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada 893 48.6 78.5% Fashion designer
70 Simone Rocha 891 31.4 62.5% Fashion designer
71 Lela Rose 886 30.3 75.9% Fashion designer
72 Norma Kamali 882 44.8 85.7% Fashion designer
73 Alessandro Michele 861 35.2 38.9% Fashion designer
74 Derek Lam 811 47.4 100.0% Fashion designer
75 Harald Glööckler 773 38.5 69.7% Fashion designer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular fashion designers compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each fashion designer by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest fashion designer in South Africa?

Karl Lagerfeld currently leads with an estimated audience of 488k people in South Africa.

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