AYANA 2026

Production by DISCO Creatives for Ayana’s “HOLDING” // @we_are_ayana, by the incredibly talented Creative Director & Stylist Akim Jardine // @akimjardine “Inspired by Maira Kalman’s Women Holding Things, for Creative Director and Stylist Akim Jardine, Holding speaks to “all the roles that women play in the modern world and the things that they have to carry.” In this story, those roles are made physical through objects: “some really funny and ridiculous, and some really practical.” Together, they speak to the width of what women hold. The work, the care, the memory, the softness, the responsibility, the humour, the survival. There is never an end to holding.” Creative direction and styling by Akim Jardine // @akimjardine with @discocreatives Photography by Zander Opperman // @uglybruv Production by DISCO Creatives // @discocreatives Producer Justin Share // @justin_share Assistant Creative Producer Janice De Waal // @pre_loved_by_janice DOP @reezohassan Video assistant // Iviwe Yekani Props by Gabi Goetze // gabigoetze_ Hair and makeup by Justine Alexander // @justine_nomz Lighting assistant Tiano Xavier// @tiano_xavier Digi assistant @tatyanalevana Styling assistant @wiamvw Set PA @infinite_fizz Cast: @domz.evans at @kultsouthafrica and @alyssa_maythomson at @twentymodelmanagement