New-ish to the store is Cape Town sock brand MightyLongDog. Founded in 2021 by Eugene & Rene Labuschagne, the brand was named after their lengthy and very active sausage dog, Dash.
Knitted on a Japanese knitting machine using South African sourced yarns, the socks are hand tailored for right and left feet. Formerly Executive Food & Beverage Manager for Table Mountain, Eugene has been knitting since he was a young boy, while Rene has a long history of pattern making and fashion design, having worked for Woolworths suppliers for a large portion of her career.
We ran our 11 questions past the husband and wife duo to get a look into their lives in Cape Town and their extended world.
Ziyaad Samsodien has been managing our store since the 4th quarter of 2021. Ziyaad is a recent graduate at CTCA (Cape Town Creative Academy) with a major in illustration and graphic design. Having worked at previous Cape Town stockists of our store’s flagship brand Good Good Good such as A-STORE & Corner Store, his strengths …
This week our 11 questions are live on our blog with our store’s founder & creative director of Good Good Good. Originally from Johannesburg, Daniel has spent the last 8 years living and working in Cape Town, and he considers himself to be a city boy at heart. Head to our blog to find out …
Jana Hamman wears many hats – designer, artist, brand architect, ceramicist, fashion designer and probably many more that we’re unaware of. She is one half of unisex fashion brand Beau Beau, a lovechild collaborative brand named after her and her co-founder Paige Sher’s nicknames for one another. The brand takes inspiration from each of these …
11 Questions with Eugene & Rene of Mighty Long Dog
New-ish to the store is Cape Town sock brand MightyLongDog. Founded in 2021 by Eugene & Rene Labuschagne, the brand was named after their lengthy and very active sausage dog, Dash.
Knitted on a Japanese knitting machine using South African sourced yarns, the socks are hand tailored for right and left feet. Formerly Executive Food & Beverage Manager for Table Mountain, Eugene has been knitting since he was a young boy, while Rene has a long history of pattern making and fashion design, having worked for Woolworths suppliers for a large portion of her career.
We ran our 11 questions past the husband and wife duo to get a look into their lives in Cape Town and their extended world.
Rene wears the Navy Linen Nehru Collar Dress from Good Good Good, paired with the Sunburst colourway socks from Mighty Long Dog. Eugene wears Daniel’s Work Wear Trousers & Basil’s Fishing Vest, both in the Wild Dagga colour way from Good Good Good, layered with the Raise The Flag T-Shirt by Rich Mnisi. His socks are the Grape colourway by Mighty Long Dog. Dash wears a the Denim Dog Sweater from the Mighty Long Dog.
Photographed by Christina Fragkou & styled by Peter Georgiades.
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