Tag: style

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…

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!

Travel Essentials: Photography Tips for Solo Travel or Shoots

Taking decent photos is awkward and difficult as it is. I’m just offering photography tips I’ve learned through trial and error (and fashion & travel fun), to make it a bit easier for you to capture better memories with more polish and ease.

Here are my Top 6 amateur photography tips – whether you’re using a smartphone or DSLR camera…

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: Ritzy PINK Comforts

I’m thinking on the long weekend ahead, and styling that’s going to keep me chic and comfortable.

Here are my travel and style musings on ritzy pink comforts by elite South African fashion designer favourites of mine…

Decadent Threads: Sunshine Yellow

Reflecting on my Spring/Summer colour choice – vitamin-rich and pure sunshine.
Here are a few ways the colour was painted onto my Summer Looks…

Decadent Threads: Resortwear by ERRE

South African fashion house ERRE delivers drapery and more every season. For this Summer, enjoy a pop of color and comfortable, airy design, with these resortwear style pants.

Coping with Covid-19: I Found Bliss In 3 Things

There are 3 things that have kept me sane during the ruthlessness of Covid-19’s socioeconomic effects, and being under a National Lockdown.

…Something Old, Something New, Something Bold, and Something of a Different Hue.

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…