It’s a pleasure to welcome Ziyaad Samsodien back onto the blog. After a year and a half of being Duck Duck Goose’s Visual Communication Lead and most decorated Store Manager, Ziyaad left the store in December of 2023 to pursue his career as a freelance graphic designer, under the name of Flying Duck Design. While …
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Who’s Booking? Ziyaad Samsodien, the man behind The Streets Will Never Forget, the football zine
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A Guide to Good Good Good’s Best Possible T-Shirt(s)
The T-shirt is Good Good Good’s core item and the product that the brand’s founder and creative director, Daniel Sher, has been producing, refining and selling since 2012. In 2023, Courier Magazine referred to the T-shirt as Daniel’s “life’s work”, and while Daniel himself would prefer to reserve this title for his efforts to be …
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Good Good Good’s Roots: Foundations for Growth
“I always say that when Good Good Good is quiet, that is when we are the busiest”, said Daniel Sher, founder and director of the Cape Town-based fashion label, about the two-year silence that their customers have endured since the brand’s last collection in 2022. With the imminent online launch of Good Good Good’s new …
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Interview with Baseline Skate Shop’s Owner, Adrian Day
For the store’s third birthday in December 2023, we decided to collaborate with two legendary forces in the South African fashion retail space, in Shelflife and Baseline Skate Shop. These collaborations symbolise a point of reflection and a change in outlook for our three-year-old store, turning our heads away from matters of survival and towards …
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Duck Duck Goose Turns 3!
Since we’re well past the 15th of December 2023, we can officially announce that Duck Duck Goose has turned three years old. As we do every year while we blow the candles out on our cake, let’s take a moment to reflect on what our third year of life at 120 Bree Street has been …
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Interview with Shelflife’s Brand Manager, Jake Lipman
For Duck Duck Goose’s third birthday, we’ve decided to collaborate with two titans of the South African fashion and culture retail industry in Shelflife and Baseline. For us, turning three means that we can avert our attention from matters of survival as a new business, leave the nest and spread our wings towards longevity. Our …
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11 Questions with Andile Dlamini of Broke
You must be living under a serious boulder if you don’t recognise the face of our next questionnaire recipient. Scattered all over the internet and known throughout the city, Andile “Ace” Dlamini’s story doesn’t require much introduction, but with the fast nature of his life, you might need an update.As a prominent member of the …
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11 Questions with Chris Jack
We only had to look as far as Buitengracht Street for the next person to pose our 11 questions to. This week’s questionnaire recipient is Chris (Jack) Howard of premium sneaker and apparel consignment space, Story. After spending years touring South Africa’s techno and house music circuits as a successful DJ and directing parties and …
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11 Questions with Keith Virgo of Mi Thatha Studios
It’s been a minute since we’ve put out an edition of 11 Questions, but we’re thrilled to be taking the series off the shelf that we put it on last year, dusting it off, and giving it the attention that it deserves. There are so many more friends of the store to catch up with …
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