CONNECT EVERYTHING COLLECTIVE MEDIA PRESENTS: EIGHT EYES & THE SUN
A FILM BY MANNERS STUDIO IN COLLABORATION WITH FLOAT APPAREL.
Newly launched media platform Connect Everything Collective is a home for celebrating the burgeoning creativity that exists across South Africa. Their deep passion for the eclectic array of musicians, artists, designers, directors and more forms the core of their endeavour to showcase this immense talent through collaborative visuals and thoughtful writing, ever-mindful of the power inherent in highlighting & promoting the brilliant minds that weave together the tapestry of the artistic & creative communities in South Africa.
To celebrate their launch, Connect Everything Collective is thrilled to present their first time producing a fashion film; Eight Eyes & The Sun – born through chance-meetings, as an ode to connection and collaboration as the remedy for the future.
“Eight Eyes & The Sun” distils the essence of Float Apparel’s latest capsule collection through a whirlwind short story of bliss and friendship, unfolding before our eyes against the sublime backdrop of the east-coast in South Africa – held in place by the ocean and the sun as the two defining principles for Float Apparel’s commitment to sharing the spirit of their brand. This film signifies the playfulness of spontaneity; kaleidoscopic movements & a reverence for Nature underpin the transition of frame to frame, conceptualized and filmed by Manners Studio, with reference for childhood memories and the possibility of regaining such unbridled joy and curiosity in adulthood.
The capsule collection worn by the characters of Eight Eyes & The Sun is Float Apparel’s foray into drawing from their deadstock archive, re-invigorating pieces and silhouettes from seasons’ past – challenging the pursuit of novelty in order to take risks with vivid hues, prints and summer knits that tie together the functionality that their brand is so known and loved for.
This is a coming together & collaboration between friends whose memories together are etched in the sands across the South African coastlines; a taste of the freedom that is possible when creative minds forge a shared vision.
Join us in seeking adventure & magic.
Shop the collection at floatapparel.co.za
CREDITS ///
Produced By Connect Everything Collective – @_cecza @candice__e__
For Float Apparel – @float_apparel
A film by Manners Studio – @mannersstudio @kentandreasen @gourmetspaghettiboy
DOP- Roberto Colombo – @robocolo
Stills – @kentandreasen
Styling & Apparel – @float_apparel @keeganforeman @matteoviotti @realeels
Props – Marli Grobbelaar @marligrobbelaar
Models
Tao Havenga – @taohavenga
Snethemba Mitchell Ngcobo – @michelleclothier
Chenai Gwandure – @chegnar
Katarina Staines – @katarinastaines
Master- Field Audio – @field.audio
Poem- Ané Strydom – @ane_strydom
Voiced By – Trinidad Mora’n-Fajardo – @trinily
Thanks to the Viotti Family and Nic Schooling
Colorist – Brendon Groenewald @brendon_groenewald
