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Last Thursday Night: Marie Claire Trunk Show 2013

Last week Thursday, Lungi and I attended the Marie Claire Trunk Show at Neighbourgoods Market. This annual fashion event is the ultimate pop-up shopping experience. Top South African designers (Pichulik, Kirsten Goss, Sies! Isabelle, to name a few) displayed their ranges, Inglot cosmetics had a stand where they were doing patrons’ make-up, and there wereContinue reading “Last Thursday Night: Marie Claire Trunk Show 2013”

What’s On My Mind this Monday…

“I learned to love myself unconditionally, because I am a queen” India Arie’s ‘Video’ was in my head all of a sudden, and after listening to it for the first time in years I have remembered how much good Ms Arie’s music does for the psyche! http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/Mq86e4Fhja0&source=uds Also read Aisha Baker’s post on Baked theContinue reading “What’s On My Mind this Monday…”

Ja, so… That Happened. (Or: "The End of An Era")

It was the final party at 80 De Korte street this past Friday. PUMA Social Club Braamfontein is closed- for real, this time. And from the Marketing Director of PUMA South Africa: “1 year of epic”, indeed. For that year, we were guaranteed to see some of South Africa’s most talented musicians in a greatContinue reading “Ja, so… That Happened. (Or: "The End of An Era")”

Beatenberg On the 5FM Playlist!

The best way to get up early on a Friday morning: hearing a song by a band you wish everybody liked as much as you do being played on the morning drive show!My eyes flew open, I pulled away my blanket and sat up to start singing to Beatenberg’s “Chelsea Blakemore” on the radio. IContinue reading “Beatenberg On the 5FM Playlist!”

Solange Does "Matchy-Matchy" Better than You (Plus She Can "Saaang", and Her Dancing is Everything)

Ah, Solange. Just chillin’, Outside the All-Pink Brownstone I have posted before about how Solange is DJing, modelling, blogging, singing and trendsetting her way into my heart. Now, I’d like to say that I am a convert- she has impressed me, and she is definitely doesn’t just fall under “…and many more” on my list.Continue reading “Solange Does "Matchy-Matchy" Better than You (Plus She Can "Saaang", and Her Dancing is Everything)”

Eartha Kitt – I’m Still Here, and I Won’t Compromise

I saw this picture of the legendary American actress, singer and cabaret star Miss Eartha Kitt yesterday, and I just had to go and find the original video it was taken from.In this video, Miss Eartha is speaking to an interviewer about love and compromise, and how she doesn’t understand why she would have toContinue reading “Eartha Kitt – I’m Still Here, and I Won’t Compromise”

I Heart Kate Spade NY – The New 2 Park Avenue Beau

What does it take to get me back to this blog? A Kate Spade New York bag. I was browsing through some New York Fashion Week Instagram photos from some bloggers and celebrities, when I saw some pictures of this great new bag, with the hashtag “me and my beau”. Kate Spade New York’s presidentContinue reading “I Heart Kate Spade NY – The New 2 Park Avenue Beau”

The Blurb Made Me Do It: Fat – A Love Story (In Which Age Is Not Just A Number, and I Give Away the Ending)

On the back of this Barbara Wersba book is an extract which reads: “Getting fat is really a feminist act… It is a challenge to sex-role stereotyping and our concept of womanhood.”I just had to read the rest of the book to find out what the story really was- I like reading most things aboutContinue reading “The Blurb Made Me Do It: Fat – A Love Story (In Which Age Is Not Just A Number, and I Give Away the Ending)”