Sometimes one picture says it all. Sometimes one look, is all it takes. I really wanted to do androgynous for this years South African Menswear Week, but that fell at the wayside when I got my hands on the New York Mets colored, ‘Breakdancing Cities’ Sneaker, by Puma South Africa. In my head, I just got inspired…
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Outfit of the Day: The Architect
EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it. A Shoulder-broadening, skinnyfying silhouette Coat Dress by a breath of fresh Erre. ⚾My New York Mets colored, ‘Breakdancing Cities’ Sneaker is by Puma South Africa And 100% human(not of the head of thee depicted human) silky straight & gorgeous hair is by Aretha Bauwens_Hair Freedom to move 👗 Freedom to dance👟 Fun…
South African Menswear Week 2018 – Curtain Call
I’m not in the business of being needlessly cruel, and delivering judgement without doing my due diligence. This disclaimer is necessary so that the reactions to my review of South African Menswear Week 2018, are not shrouded in disbelief, and meritorious points made, be subsequently disregarded for being too sharp. The context South Africa Menswear…
Travel New York: A Bloggers Essential Hi Online Gadgets
It’s a brave, new world where gadgets reign supreme. For the most part, tech is a convenient way to get many of our jobs done, but humans can very rarely be replaced. That is what makes reading content – like about my New York trip – through our phones and such, so much fun. I’ve…
Lexus South African Menswear Week: The blasé nod to 2017 style
I think designers understand menswear better this year. While theatricality plays its part during fashion week, it is functionality and fresh design that provide the bottom line after the shows end, most of the time. I think they’re getting it hey! 2017 collections gave the most blasé of nods as an ode to 2016 fashion…
South Africa Menswear Week SS17 – The Klaasic Style Blogger Review
I know I’ve taken my sweet time to review South Africa Menswear Fashion Week –which “SHOCKER!” I’m usually so vigilant – But I literally had no words to muster for the mild and mediocre event. I’ve only just managed to rustle up the energy to say something. My instagram has been busy though, as I…
SA Menswear Week AW16 – Day 4
Last day of SA Menswear Week AW16 and I was so keen to conclude the week…hmmm, first time I’ve been excited to get to the end of a fashion week. One need not guess how rare that is, and how tempestuous it renders my reviews. To conclude my SA Menswear Week look book, I rocked…
SA Menswear Week AW16 – Day 3
So far – The BEST day of fashion since the 3rd bi-annual SA Menswear Week 2016 began. Firstly, I totally went for flats so that I could walk across the room without perishing with every movement. My Ruff Tung Kaftan let ventilation into much-needed areas of ones bod since Cape Town’s temperature seems to be…
SA Menswear Week AW16 – Day 2
Day 2 began with about as much fanfare as the amount of sleep I’ve had these past few days – which is to say none! The best summation of what day 2 offered is that rather than forcing interest on what attendees donned, it was the actual Fall 2016 collections on the catwalk, that kept…
SA Menswear Week AW16 – Day 1
Is it enough to promote menswear development within South Africa when the designs themselves are constantly mundane, with only rare surprises that raise ones interest about as high as an eyebrow can arch? Honestly, I’m arguing with the voices in my head, but I think the correct answer is “Yes”; Making the bi-annual South African…
When your Neighbourhood is just so good
I’ve been hearing about the famed Neighbourgoods Market for ages, from friends, and social media alike. I woke up totally tired today, but strong-armed myself into getting up, and experiencing this ‘wonder’ of hipster proportions. Since I live in the vicinity, the logistics of savoring the Cape Town Saturday ambiance weren’t strenuous at all. The…
Meditating on British and South African fashion
“The following is rooted in subjective deductions and personal taste.” Sometimes I like to think there is a blueprint to being stylish. I sometimes state that patriotism, history and their baggage have no place in the new world order of innovative design. I fool myself. I look to reoccurring patterns and design motifs and refuse…
Street style 4.8
I’d never fail you with not publishing another set of street style shots from my escapades. I spotted them from the corner of my eye. In the middle of one of the hottest days they were decked in black, whites and greys. I could not resist getting a shot of them. I want the hat…
Pounding pavement 2.0: Street style
You can name-drop David and Victoria Beckham, Angelina Jolie-Pitt and Brad Pitt, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian-West etc. but the question is: What ties these people together? When it comes to fashion, the answer is the His ‘n Hers ensembles. The trend that has been noted these past 8-10 years is an incline in apparel…
Malls and Men
Don’t get it twisted – Men can shop. While some may think they are bound by the inextricable Man Code that dictates their actions to the only extreme acceptance of Metrosexuality, there are some that don’t subscribe to such trivial unwritten mandates. While on my shopping steez, I spotted this man leaving the Gucci store…
What your wardrobe needs: Menswear Part 1
Menswear – without a doubt, thee most under-appreciated forte of fashion. I took my new Canon for a spin and caught some really good stuff that men wear, or could possibly don. I guess, through looking at the personal style transformations and the scope of fashions progress, saying that “Clothing is genderless” is apt. Tilda…
Stepping about in Woodstock
I’m a fan of taking long walks into unfamiliar territory purely for the purpose of sight-seeing and rediscovering a forgotten landscape. So I got on a train, took a 30min+ train ride, and spent the day in another corner of Cape Town …and now you get to see the amateur photography I used to capture…
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town (Review)
Let me begin in relaying my thoughts on fashion in the steady lilt of beautifully enunciated narration, such as the ones currently made popular in North American cinematic offerings: “Fashion is the chaos in one’s soul, which allows the birth of subjective perfection. It is finding the imperfect breath-taking. It is where things fall apart,…
Bokeh South African International Fashion Film Festival (Fashion Day 2)
Day 2 of the Mercedes-Benz Bokeh South African International Fashion Film Festival was riddled with tempestuous style. Fashion shows always begin with the designers and the models working in accord, and this event held no small supply of them. Before working the runways, the striking models from renowned agencies like Full Circle were seen chilling…
Bokeh South African International Fashion Film Festival (Fashion Day1)
Such events as the Bokeh South African International Fashion Film Festival usually warrant the prerequisite of it’s attendees being the very epitome of style in their apparel. Cape Town has cultivated an environment of global fashion trends re-imagined through individual style teamed with our bipolar weather and hipster ambiance. At the 1st annual Mercedes-Benz Bokeh…
Resurrecting the Lifestyle
One word pretty much sums up why I’ve had an inconsistency in blogging for the past few weeks: Examinations. Despite being in Postgraduate studies, I am still subject to the quintessential varsity experience of being marked according to what I retain in memory (which isn’t much) and what I understand (which usually fluctuates dramatically). Anyway, I…
When all is said and done: The J&B Met 2014
“Always dress like you’re going to see your worst enemy.” — Kimora Lee Me, at The Terrace B&B where I prepared for the day’s proceedings. [Picture taken by Ludwe Kobo for Hy-Se-Sy-Se Magazine] I sometimes get philosophical about clothing. I wax poetic lyrics about the beauty and duality of it all. I sometimes wallow in self-misery at…
V&A Waterfront and all it’s wonders
Nestled in the booming underbelly of the home of decadent tastes Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, is a place called Mr Cobbs. It is a humbly sized treasure trove of antiquity and fine quintessential male grooming. Owned by said Mr Cobb, it boasts a large amount of grooming tools such as old-school blades…
Style on the streets: Cape Town
Menswear is truly an underestimated element of the fashion industry. I’m grateful that over the last 3 years, it has manifested as something worthy of consideration by fashion houses. There shouldn’t be a simple structure to the nature of apparel, regardless of gender. Style meditates on the wonder of fabric and the human form, articulating…