The Green Jewelry Effect

Celebrities were loving the color green at the Oscars last night, just like at the Golden Globes. Check out the   choices they made: Amy Adams even went as far as wearing hers with a blue dress, Celine Dion had a lovely chunky pendant on her necklace, and both Reese Witherspoon and Annette Benning opted for green earrings to finish their looks. 

RED RULES

Red was the predominant color on the red carpet at the Oscars last night. We're loving it! Which dress do you like best???

EXCLUSIVE: Cavalli Runway Shoes

Milan A/W 2011 In a Nutshell

I'm aware of the fact that it all just started in Milan, but you can already notice a lot of trends predominating: Green, red and oranges, sheer and flowing fabrics. LOVE IT! Can't wait to see the rest of the shows.

I DIE!

These are some of my favorite looks from fashion week in NY and London, can't wait until Milan!

David Tlale at Joburg Fashion Week

Joburg Fashion Week ended with a bang as designer David Tlale closed the event on the Nelson Madela Bridge. David Tlale used the show to pay tribute to Mr Nelson Mandela. He ven went as far as using 92 models to mark the age of Madiba.


Tlale�s collection was inspired by Madiba, and each model represented a year in the life of the icon. They included the likes of Sonia and Matthew Booth, Gerry Rantseli-Elsdon, Michelle Botes, Jen Sue, Noni Gasa, Azania Ndoro, Tatum Keshwar and Roland Schoeman, who walked the 284m open air runway on 19 February as fashion week drew to a close.

In a media statement, the City of Johannesburg noted that, through this fashion week, it was able to showcase its flexibility in allowing multiple uses of its existing facilities and open spaces, promoting Joburg as a business and events destination and emphasising the creative minds in the broader arts industry. It also showed off Joburg as a brand to the world, thus contributing to the money that was gained through both local and international media coverage of the event. This event also had an economic spin off in that jobs, even temporary ones, were created to the benefit of the locals, said the City.

Just A Friendly Reminder

The February '11 Collection from Inventory Store,
"Definition of Pastel"

Be sure to check out all the other great stuff, here.

Better grab them fast, because each item is limited to one piece only!

Relax & Unwind

Completely enjoying the short break with him in Bandung.

Simply just reminiscing the good old days back then, when I spent my time doing college there.

It was actually a great chance to relax a bit and get recharged.
Pretty much ready to get back to work.

wearing Knits Top-Pasar Senen, printed pants-Unbranded, clogs-Inventory

Joburg Fahsion Week 2011

Today marks Day 4 of Joburg Fashion Week, and for those of you who weren't fortunate enough to attend. Here are some pictures. Enjoy!

  Abigail Betz

I love this collection by Abigail Betz. Her designs are characterised by femininity and romance. This collection was showcased at The Johannesburg Art Gallery.

Errol Arendz
Errol Arendz has been a busy man, he not only stocks various boutiques and stores, but he also owns luxury fashion brands such as DuSud and EA Ready to Wear. Loving his collection at Joburg Fashion Week this year. His collection was showcased at The Bus Factory show venue.

Suzaan Heyns
A designer renowned for her avant-garde collections. Her highly structured garments are not for the faint-hearted, but you have got to love Suzaan Heyns for giving us something exciting and new to look at, and even wear.

Kluk CGDT
If there is one thing you can count on is the careful attention to detail on all clothing produced by this brand. I love the prints, and the Asian inspiration of the collection. Beautiful work.

I am especially excited to see what David Tlale has to offer, so watch this space.

Barbie Basics

One of my earliest childhood memories is me playing with a Barbie doll. This is what inspired me to get into the fashion industry. I remember taking scraps of my Gran's fabrics and using a hand-needle or pins to make clothing for my dolls.

I have just discovered the Barbie Basics collection. From their name, the dolls are dressed in "basic" clothing that women usually have in their closets. The debut collection featured the most well-known fashion staple: the Little Black Dress or LBD. All the dolls also have differing head molds, skin tones and ethnicities. The dolls are part of the Black Label collection which, unlike some Barbie lines, is for adult collectors only (the minimum age limit is 14). The first collection (Collection 001) featured 12 dolls wearing different little black dresses and 4 accessory packs (which were sold separately).

The second wave of the collection (called Collection 001.5) only featured 4 dolls (though one of them featured a new face sculpt) and wore little black dresses with pink ribbon accents and 2 new accessory packs as well.

The third wave (Collection Red) was a Target store exclusive which featured 3 dolls wearing little red dresses and a new accessory pack.

Collection 002 has debuted for the spring of 2011. In the collection, there are 12 dolls (9 girls and 3 boys) and the theme is 'jeans and t-shirts'.

 To this day, Mattel is still inspiring me.

Gwyneth's Grammy Shoes

So everybody was left in awe when Gwyneth Paltrow walked on staged to sing with Cee Lo, but it wasn't exactly her voice that shocked us, it was her shoes.  This are the shoes she was wearing last night, the futura multi colored stiletto bootie with EVA padding from Loubotuin's spring collection. AWESOME in deed.