X PAUL SMITH CT Loom de Nimes, a sister company to Antanna (also co-owned by Anthony and Anne Keyworth) acquired the retail license to operate British fashion label Paul Smith in South Africa, where it owned and operated two shops. The first shop, designed by architect Sarah Calburn, opened in Johannesburg on the corner of 7th Street and 4th Avenue in the leafy suburb of Parkhurst in mid-November 2007. Later that month the Cape Town shop opened inside the V&A Waterfront’s Victoria Wharf’s luxury retail wing in amongst Louis Vuitton and Burberry. In 2012 the V&A Waterfront shop closed its doors. It relocated to an upgraded retail space in the heart of Cape Town’s CBD and is now situated on the highly visible corner of Bree and Wale streets. The upgrade entailed the acquisition of a historical building that dates back to 1860. Anthony and Anne Keyworth undertook an in-depth research process (which entailed lengthy consultation with heritage experts to investigate the property’s rich history), extensive property renovation, plus the re-branding of the Cape Town shop from a Paul Smith Prestige store to a Paul Smith Jeans shop, which is far more relaxed and reflects the more casual style of dressing, which Cape Town has become accustomed to. In January 2014 Anthony and Anne Keyworth sold the Paul Smith business to The Surtee Group, which owns a number of world-class luxury fashion stores in South Africa including Burberry, Dunhill, Hugo Boss, Hackett, Mont Blanc and Zegna. The sale of the Paul Smith brand successfully concluded Loom de Nimes’s 7-year business strategy in clothing retail.

X ANTANNA Antanna was founded in 2001 as a product design studio specialising in premium, high-quality handmade leather goods by co-owners Anthony and Anne Keyworth. The business grew to incorporate the manufacture and retail of branding and design solutions aimed primarily at the hospitality and corporate gifting markets. Over a period of 10 years Antanna became a sizeable South Africa design exporter, largely through its pioneering use of exotic African materials in local manufacture. Antanna formed long-standing relationships with leading interior designers and award-winning architects such as Cecile & Boyd, Yvonne O’Brien, White on White Interiors, Lauri Owen; plus Silvio Rech + Lesley Carstens and Ink Design Lab. Collaborations included over 50 refurbishment, development and game lodge projects in Southern Africa including andBeyond (a conservation-led luxury travel group formerly known as CC Africa) and Wilderness Safaris (an ecotourism operator in Botswana). Originally based in Milpark, Johannesburg at 44 Stanley, Antanna relocated its product design studio to Cape Town in 2010. Antanna’s leather goods business was sold in 2012. However, the company name was retained and still exists as the owner and operator of its subsidiary brand, Fruit Pack.