KNYSNA NEWS - Knysna’s Ons Winkel in the Main Road is a place to go to find treasures, but it is also the place to donate clothes, books, ornaments, furniture, you pretty much name it, all donations are welcome.
Cindie Van Der Walt is the person behind the Ons Winkel.
Thanks to her, there is now a shop on the Garden Route where you can go to own a designer wedding, evening or matric dance dress for a fraction of the tens of thousands these dresses would ordinarily cost.
Two years ago Van Der Walt came to Knysna to open this branch and shop and she brought with her a collection of Anél Botha Couture from Gauteng, who is famous for dressing celebrities and Miss South Africa contestants, but you will also find the likes of fashion A-listers Jose De Canha Couture (Potchefstroom) and Jacqueline’s Bridal Couture in Pretoria here.
The shop is bursting with these couture dresses and the amazing thing is that this is a chance to hire a wedding dress, a matric dress or just something for a special occasion for a nominal fee.
Van Der Walt came to the Garden Route in 2022 bringing with her from Nelspruit a branch of Ons Winkel - part of Solidariteit Helpende Hand organisation – and the first one of its kind here although there are 122 shops around the rest of the country.
The shop was empty when she took over, but is now full of all sorts of treasures. Funds raised go to worthy causes.
Read the full story in this week’s Knysna-Plett Herald.
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