Thando Thabete chats to Fritz Pearson, Old School founder
947 Drive with Thando · 19 June 2026 · 4m
Speaker 1: Nine four seven Drive with Tanda week days three It is six pm. Coming to Speaker 1: live from Akaia here in Mexico City. Joining me now is really a brand that's Speaker 1: taken over like no other. We joined by creative director of Old School Fitz Pearson. Speaker 1: First, Welcome to the show, Fitz. I mean, sure, where do I even begin? Like Speaker 1: you guys came out of nowhere and suddenly just took over South Africa. Speaker 2: I mean, when you started, can you come a little. Speaker 1: Bit closer so we can hear you nice and clearly fit. Sorry, we're struggling you Speaker 1: to hear you there a bit. But when you think about you know the fact Speaker 1: that it started only in twenty nineteen, and you guys have blown up the way Speaker 1: you have. I mean, of course, initially you were here you just for rugby, right Speaker 1: yeah, and then suddenly after rugby, it was in the clubs. After the clubs, it Speaker 1: became the international clubs. And then now the fan of a father. Speaker 3: Yeah, just insane, very very grateful. Speaker 2: The creative direction behind set. Speaker 3: I think the creative direction behind it stems from heritage in every single way that Speaker 3: touches South African, like from the spur that we carry into the games watching it Speaker 3: at home, whether it's Shishan Yama Abry, whatever it is. We try and bring the Speaker 3: South Africanism into everything, and then with the international clubs, same thing. We look at Speaker 3: into like what is the history there, and then we bring that into our product, Speaker 1: it felt it felt…
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