Are South African celebrities and brands disregarding the interdependency of the fashion industry and celebrity culture? Social media has rather brusquely highlighted the inert state of South African red carpet and celebrity fashion. Fashion lovers – like the now somewhat infamous Twitter User @Red__Mos – frantically update their profiles with images as each celebrity glides down the […]
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26 trends for Autumn/Winter 2018
So what’s new this season? Padding, protective lines and cosy knits came together on the catwalks, perhaps as a shelter from the doom and gloom of a world in crisis. But if trends are truly heading for more and more comfort, fashion is retaining its sense of fun, its color and glamour, always with an […]
HOW TO MASTER LOOKING GOOD ON A BUDGET!
Have you ever watched those YouTube videos about looking good on a budget and people are flaunting their Gucci bags? You sit there and think….how is this budget spending?? If you have then this could be the article for you. Staying in your financial lane, being a student and wanting to always look polished can be a […]
Inclusive, Intimate and Newd Fashion with Gugu Intimates
You never know how ill-fitting something is until you find your size (or your colour). This is more apparent after attending the recent launch of underwear brand Gugu Intimates , for and trying on the “first African premium skin coloured underwear brand for brown skin tones”. With a newfound awareness of why we need more inclusive basics […]
The Perfect Shades For Your Face’s Shape
Are you an aviators, brow line, retro square, cat-eye, sport, wayfarer which has been around since the 50s, or you’re open to trying every style ? Well whatever your answer is, it’s important to know which styles suits your face shape best. Dating back to 1929 when Sam Foster mass produced her sunglasses made from celluloid under the […]
Breaking Conventional Boundaries – Our Prime Obsession
The artistic and fashionably architectural duo, Prime Obsession, took #XperienceAFI by storm with their in depth and story telling collection. The performance was introduced by an enthralling scene, segmented from 12 Years A Slave and from there, the maze of ropes began to make sense to me – boundaries and restrictions. “The inspiration […]
Basic Balance
It’s not news that I’m a coffee addict. It (not surprisingly) helps me get through the busy days. A break from all the work comes with leaving the house, which mostly requires a quick change out of my work-in-front-of-the-computer-at-home clothes into something a bit more presentable. This was until Witchery introduced a […]
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Joburg 2017(MBFWJ17)
African Fashion International (AFI), owner and operator of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Joburg 2017 (MBFWJ17), is celebrating a decade of African excellence with an exciting line-up of African designers preparing to introduce their Spring/Summer collections, at a new venue. “We have collaborated with African fashion design royalty to offer a world-class spectacular of refined African apparel […]
My Top 5 Luxury Items
When it comes to luxury items, I really do not add any clothes to my never ending wish list because I get bored of clothes quickly, after one wear I lose a huge amount of interest and just something new, so as a frugal fashion lover I would just rather spend heavy on accessories. In this post I’d be […]
Nay’s Style Diary
Nasiphi is a 20-something, Cape Town based fashionist. She draws her style inspiration from vintage pieces with a modern style – She loves Vintage Dior and how the fashion House has styled women over the years. Nasiphi is a huge Stan of cigarette pants, big hats and sunglasses – think Jackie Onassis , Brigitte Bardot […]