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
76 Kenzo Takada 748 27.1 43.6% Fashion designer
77 Nicolas Ghesquière 748 41.1 75.4% Fashion designer
78 Tom Leykis 742 38.4 27.2% Fashion designer
79 Liz Claiborne (fashion designer) 735 30.5 70.1% Fashion designer
80 Dirk Bikkembergs 734 37.2 44.0% Fashion designer
81 Papa Jack 734 38.7 58.5% Fashion designer
82 Arne Jacobsen 712 45.4 53.8% Fashion designer
83 Tamara Mellon 688 37.9 100.0% Fashion designer
84 Jacque Fresco 654 40.0 41.6% Fashion designer
85 Haider Ackermann 584 22.5 5.7% Fashion designer
86 David Koma 580 42.1 68.4% Fashion designer
87 Nana Mizuki 572 42.1 68.8% Fashion designer
88 Prabal Gurung 569 35.8 70.6% Fashion designer
89 Tremaine Emory 565 36.1 64.6% Fashion designer
90 Alberta Ferretti 547 45.9 87.9% Fashion designer
91 Margaret Howell 524 42.5 60.8% Fashion designer
92 Bijan (designer) 507 42.5 75.6% Fashion designer
93 Roland Mouret 503 27.5 92.4% Fashion designer
94 Gérald Genta 497 41.0 33.8% Fashion designer
95 Hiroshi Fujiwara 490 40.8 50.0% Fashion designer
96 Christian Lacroix 483 38.4 75.3% Fashion designer
97 Marc Newson 458 39.8 71.8% Fashion designer
98 Laura Biagiotti 449 47.0 83.7% Fashion designer
99 Nanette Lepore 413 42.9 61.1% Fashion designer
100 Alex Perry 402 40.9 95.2% 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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