Felt-ful and fabulous, hats by milliner brand Simon & Mary have become a moment – to local street style, travel wardrobes, and worldwide fashion. Here’s why these hat makers have even Hollywood stars titillated…
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Decadent ERRE Threads: What Accessible South African High Fashion Looks like
In their latest collections, ERRE, a South African powerhouse fashion brand, reaffirms their link to the tenets of high fashion AND accessibility, in inspired and flattering ways…
Upcycling Budget Fashion Pieces for Luxe Resortwear Style
Don’t want to shop, but want to look stylish?
I’ve got tips on just how you can get that luxe look AND how to make Upcycling a lifestyle, and not just a fashion trend.
Read on for DIY sustainable styling, where I went to with my own look, and how to score some of the pieces…
Decadent Threads: The Coastal Grandmother Aesthetic
Find out if you have what it takes to be a Coastal Grandma now…
Travel style can sometimes satisfy a case of wanderlust, and on my recent seaside staycation, I dived into the Coastal Grandmother Aesthetic currently trending on TikTok, in movies, peoples wardrobes & ‘soft life’ lifestyles, and in travels around the world.
Stylish Safe Stay: Pearl Bay Villa, by Beach House Collection
Find out more about how the ocean villa that Beach House Collection offers up to you, is a masterful travel temptation complete with cinematic cosy style, lesser-travelled coastal vistas, and a unique opportunity to sate your wanderlust with luxury African hospitality…
5 Photoshoot Tips: Self-Portraiture & The Art of Posing
Whether its selfies or self-portraiture, fashion editorials or something else involving camera work, here are my 5 Tips to make your photoshoots better – including posing and equipment tips…
Decadent Threads: The Black One
A look of the day that is grounded in all the fashion sensibilities (and silliness) that Andre Talley embraced in his own personal style.
This is a rumination on a amateur editorial’esque photoshoot with a dark fictional tale…
Travel Essentials: Multi-Design Myri Dress
If you were wondering what is the one fashion piece you can buy, that will work for EVERY scenario, here’s more on the proudly South African ERRE design that’s been tried and tested!
Decadent Threads: An Off-White Selection
Easing into summer with a color that feels fresh, pure, and like the best parts of summer – and a dress and sneaker that pairs well for the season!
With help from my street style, red carpet looks, and resort styling, learn more about the shades of white, and its place in my look of the day and wardrobe for life…
Travel By Scent: Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Florale
We travel to the Americas with today’s scent: Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Florale Multi-Use Dry Oil.
Find out more about this glimmering beauty product, the floral fragrance, and my journey to its discovery…
Travel Essentials: Cosy for Cottagecore
There’s so many ways to re-style knitwear to suit the weather and an aesthetic mood.
Check out how I planned my looks for Cottagecore life at Boschendal Farm – my recent travel staycation stop…
Travel by Scent: NUXE Prodigieux le Parfum
During the lockdown, scent became a singular sentimental experience to satisfy my wanderlust.
Here’s how NUXE Prodigieux le Parfum fared in my metaphorical travels with beauty…
Decadent Threads: Vaccinated in Velvet
Plush velvet was my fashion choice for the momentous occasion of my first Covid-19 jab.
There was a whole process to styling – being swept up in the euphoria of finally being closer to this pandemics end, and the fascinating rise of merch saying things like #PfizerGang
Here’s how I got vaccinated in velvet…
Decadent Threads: Bougie by Daylight
For lack of recent fashion week moments, I reminisce and appreciate styling the wearable art fashion house ERRE makes – this time, an evening gown to elevate even your daytime streetstyle, or just High Tea…
Decadent Threads: The Gift of the Bow
I’m talking self-styling, fashion commentary, event looks, my favourite proudly South African fashion house ERRE, and the flourish of a fantastic fashion find…
Check out some great travel style snaps if you don’t feel like reading too…
Coping with Covid-19: Grabbing Fashion by the Coattails
Its sad to think about all the bright & raw talents that stopped designing because of a lack of substantial and sustainable industry support. Atleast I have this coat as a piece of one local brands history!
Coping with Covid-19: Preppy Chic WFH Kit
In keeping with the white theme that’s become a staple of my Lockdown lifestyle, today’s fashion look takes Preppy Chic to it’s natural Work-From-Home conclusion.
Crimson at Fashion Week: Minding the AW20 Zeitgeist
Riding the AW 2020 Fashion Week zeitgeist, wherein splashes of crimson on a bed of minimalism, are back on the street-style menu!
Peep how I’m bringing more Paris back into my wardrobes soul – ft. PUMA and more…
Outfit of the Day: Erre and Silk Nostalgia
Exotic silks from Vintage stores, and designer pants from an SA Fashion House dressing royalty – what’s with today’s look, and where does PUMA fall in?
Outfit of the Day: The Forgotten Caper at Freehand LA
I just found another look, from my trip around Los Angeles.
Read on if you wanna see more California hotels & their rooftop bars…and recap my looks!
Outfit of the Day: Winter Sunshine
Reviving Summer with this Canary Yellow Ootd, snapped on a cold day, at France’s opulent Palace of Versailles.
Look of the Day features: ERRE, Coast & Koi, Swiitch Beauty and more…
Top 5 Incredible South African Designers Fashion Lovers Should Invest in, in 2019
I feel honored and obligated to make a little ruckus about these Top 5 incredible South African designers, whom I think, deserve more love, and should be on any fashion-lovers radar in 2019.
Outfit of the Day: Darkness
A forgotten simple outfit – its visuals lost to the back-end of my phones archives. I love this straight, ombre hair from Aretha Bauwens Hair. It makes it easy to just dress and go when I’m travelling. I’m also rocking black tassel earrings by H&M, a vest and pleather jacket (that is falling apart, after…
Travel South Africa: Escape to Orchard Stay
“If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.” – Dan Rather A weekend is sacrosanct to me. Never will I take for granted, the momentary reprieve offered up by being away from where I earn my paycheck. By the Gods! To entirely…