Shopping for Fashion Week

When I say shopping, what I mean is calling up favourite local designers and chatting about what I want and then miraculously it appears, dropped off at work two days before I fly up to Joburg. Or not.
One small, unavoidable hiccup necessitated a trip to the Waterfront on the weekend. Let me tell you the results of this shopping...
On the four nights of fashion week, I will be dressed as follows:
1. Gorgeous black velvet studded dress and leggings by August (with Jimmy Choo ballet pumps) - see pic above from Africhic.com
2. Old faithful black dress by David West (with brogues by Kate&Allie)
3. Sumptuous black velvet dress from Trenery (with tights and pumps)
4. Woolies peg leg trousers (2 years old), brogues (as above), Gap long sleeve tee (ancient) and the most wonderfully flirtatious black silk cape from Twist that I bought at the weekend. Love it. Oh, and I may add a neck piece to this.
During the day I will wear khaki roll-up trousers or black skinny jeans with the checked shirt tunic from August - which I also had made in denim and it is AWESOME.

Rebecca's World: Denim Shirt

When Rebecca emailed this pic to me, taken on Kloof Street, she mentioned in her email that it was an interesting execution of the season's must have item - the denim shirt. I agree on all levels. Everyone needs a denim shirt, but not everyone has worked out how to wear it, as wearing it like a Texas Tuxedo (Denim on Denim) breeds discomfort. Let me say this: the DD look is actually ok this seaon if you wear it with confidence and different washes of denim. Let me also say that navy blue cotton is a great alternative option that looks edgy without going DD. But my favourite ways of wearing a denim shirt is either with khaki trousers or with a pair of white skinny jeans. Don't snort. You will be doing it yourself soon.

Natalie Portman

Anna Kendrick

Dakota Fanning

Miley Cyrus

Alyson Hannigan

Rebecca's World: Stephanie

This is the lovely Stephanie from Stefania Morland. Which of course she is wearing. It's classic and fantstically quirky. And both Rebecca and I love the brogues obviously.

Fit Mukluk: Who'da Thought

I am really not a devotee of the Fit Flop for stylistic reasons. And no amount of sequin can persuade me otherwise. However, I find myself swayed by the sheepskin bootie version. Kind of a Mukluk. With the benefits of fitness. And warmth.
Who would have thought? Well played.

England Style

It is a do or die match for England in the World Cup today so I thought that I would share some interpretations of England Style from the game at the Cape Town Stadium last week.
You all know Janet of course and then the other guy is my neighbour who lives most of the year in Wimbledon, who I bumped into at the game as he was seated in the chair directly behind mine. Seriously. The rest are reandom strangers who I took some pictures of. Naturally.
Come on En-ger-land.
(Obviously only because Bafana Bafana are out.)

Black Is The New, Um, Black

I get a lot of press releases. They say lots of blah, blah, rhubarb...
I also get invited to lots of launches and openings. I would always prefer to be sitting on my sofa with my PVR remote in hand. And so I decline most.
But every so often I attend something to support a friend or a designer that I like. And so it was with the launch of Black, the new coffee-shop-slash-boutique at 15 on Orange. It is co-owned by old favourite Grant Blackbeard so I thought that I would pop in. I also heard it had collections from Gav-to-the-Rajah, Nazir and Terence Bray - all certainly worth a browse.
And, blow me down with a feather, it was actually pretty cool. You should go and check it out for yourself. I know I will be back.

Welcome Rebecca

Let me introduce you to a new friend of this blog. Her name is Rebecca and she has just compeleted an internship at Elle SA. Being rather enthusiastic and passionate about fashion, she wanted to keep growing and developing in the industry, so I invited her to contribute for a while to this blog.
Rebecca will be sending me photos of cool outfits she comes across. She will be refining her eye for fashion and letting us all see what she comes across. The ones I like I will post and label "Rebecca's World". I look forward to sharing these with you.
Let me hear you all say, "Welcome Rebecca!"

One Way or Another

Photographers eh?! One camera is never enough. And then they have to go and get a new one.

Watch Out! Here Comes The Colour...

You had better get your head around it now. Come the summer, we are going to be wearing dresses in bold, bright colours. Quite a lot of them are going to be maxi in length. Just giving you all a heads up.

The Long and the Short of It

The natural dimensions of a good model are somewhat 'longer' than the normal people who have to dress, coif and plaster on the make up. Luciano has an innovative way around these hurdles. Deploy the ladder.
PS: Bit busy with shoots and such this week but promise to update when I can...

Calvin Klein Underwear

Isn't this a cute little summer jammies set? I got it at the launch of Calvin Klein Underwear a couple of weeks ago. Lovely and soft and pretty.
They are retailing through Edgars stores. Interesting choice, I thought. Unexpected.

Kate Walsh

Sarah Jessica Parker

Alessandra Torresani

Eva Mendes