Work

Mary Beth Fashion

Project
Brand Design
Category
Brand Identity
Date
May 2023
Location
South Africa

The Mary Beth Fashion identity was designed to capture the brand's bold, joyful personality through a vibrant, retro-inspired visual system. The project centred on creating a distinctive logo mark and expressive rainbow motif that reflects the brand's colour-driven aesthetic and playful approach to fashion.

A dynamic colour palette — including shades like Backbone, Summerdaze, Sundowner, Blushing, and Pretty Purple — established a strong visual signature across digital and print applications. These colours work alongside a flexible logo suite and curved linework to create consistency while allowing for variation and creative expression across content and brand touchpoints.

The identity extended into business cards, item tags, packaging patterns, and email signatures, all designed to reinforce the brand's bold, approachable energy. Each application uses the signature rainbow lines and clean typography to maintain recognisable continuity while celebrating individuality.

To support digital storytelling, a set of social media content pillars and a visual "content bubble" system were developed — including guidelines for striking backgrounds, grouped item staging, friendly faces, and dramatic retro accessories. These frameworks help the brand stay consistent while keeping its digital presence fresh, expressive, and trend-aligned.

Overall, the Mary Beth Fashion identity is bright, confident, and unmistakably expressive — a visual system that honours the designer's personality while giving the brand strong cohesion and room to evolve.

Tags: Brand Identity, Logo Design, Packaging