Taj Burrow brand launch with Instant Grass

On Friday myself and Dom attended Pro Surfer’s Taj Burrow /Billabong brand launch with the Instant Grass team!

My outfit: Vintage Navy blazer with a white tunic zipper dress, Navy jeggings and Brogues.

There were free margherita’s ;)

Myself and my sister Dom ♥

 The awesome Instant Grass team! Woooop!

The launch was held at Sport ‘n Surf in Long Street, Cape Town. The place was pretty packed!

 Downstairs girls modelled the new range by Taj Burrow/Billabong for guys. Unfortunately I coulnt get photographs of the range from where I stood. All in all, a good range.

The Bouncers ;)

I had a really good time and was fortunate to be invited by the Instant Grass team. Big ups!

xoxo

Coco Sumner

If I was a famous fashion designer, I’d totally use Coco Sumner as my muse. I mean, she’s just fabulous!

Coco is the daughter of legend ‘Sting’. Coco has her own band called ‘I blame coco’. Her hit single ‘Ceasar blows my mind! And she’s only 19 years old… No wonder she’s Burberry’s muse!

She has her own unique style. Sort of indie, boho vibes – which I totally love!

                                                                   With Pixie Geldof

 Coco, I ♥ you!

Sunglass Hut Totally Wired Launch

On Wednesday the 9th of June was the Sunglass Hut Totally Wired launch at the Misaei Gallery in Bree Street.

Sunglass Hut asked Streetwise (a social development project) to make 1000 wired, beaded wayfarers with selected colour styles (representing certain teams). Each pair costs R150 where R70 of that goes to OneSight organisation. Each pair also had the signiture of the person who made it.

Jasna trying on the totally wired sunglasses 

                                                                 Myself and Talya

There were also auctions of other wired sunglasses. Sunglass Hut raised R20100 in 15 mins for OneSight!

                                                                Jazz and myself

There were many familiar faces around: Wedaad from Sunglass Hut, Talya Goldberg, Robyn from O Mag, stylists, FashionJazz, Ernie Els, and comedian Nic Robinowitz.

 

                                                          Talya, myself and Jasna

It was a fabulous launch!

DFS Fashion Show at Cappello

Jasna asked me to attend the DFS (Design For Style) fashion show with her at Cappello. (This was the first time I had ever been). Jasna and I had a good time – lots of giggles and white chocolate cosmo’s :p !

I’m always pretty stoked to support local designers. Hopefully I will be attending the next one :) Each fashion show is unique as it showcases one  individual designers garments. This designer had an African influence – animal skin sandles, T-Shirts with Bafana influence, subtle colours, embroidery, etc.

My outfit:

 

 

 

OK, Cappello’s…

 Some of the designs:

 

                                          FashionJazz and FashionFundi :p

Jasna will do a more in depth post I’m sure, so check her blog out. The post should be up soon!

xoxo

Vintageous

Picture from www.myvintagevogue.com

Vintalicious

Although I’m often on the Southern side of Cape Town, I had never really explored Kalk Bay. A  few weeks ago, I went especially to have a look at the vintage stores.

We parked on one end of the main road and started walking.  There was a fresh breeze from the harbour right in front of the main road. I must admit, the place is buzzing on the weekends! While strolling along the side walk I saw this…

Then I saw this…

Now, right in the corner of this alley way, is a little vintage clothing store called, Nostalgia. Nostalgia has The most beautiful evening gloves and clutches I’ve ever seen. Gorgeous costumes and dresses too! My eyes were the size of a sauce plates..

Further along was the modern-vintage-style Franki’s. The shop itself was breath-taking! A classic vintage-style collection.

There is an antique shop with a restaurant across the way.

There are many antique shops including antique book shops.

At the end of the strip we couldn’t help but go into the famous Olympia Bakery. The smell of those freshly baked goods! Luke and I had delicious hot cross buns, biscuits and cupcakes. The hot cross buns were huge!

Nom Nom Nom..

Some more alley ways:

Could get lost in this place.

Mythology and Big Blue are a must-see too!

You can really make a day out of Kalk Bay. Whether you grab a bite to eat and a cup of coffee at Olympia Cafe, a Sunday lunch and a beer at the Brass Bell, drinks at Cape to Cuba or a traditonal fish and chips at Kalky’s. The harbour is really something beautiful.

I felt like I was in a different city. Was an awesome feeling.

I love Vintage Style sunglasses!

 

Ah! Dior!

The wayfarers. Classic.

 My muse does it best, don’t you think?

Victoria, WOW. That is all.

 My favourites are always the ones you find in grandmothers closet. Unique and, well, free :p

Like my sunny’s?

Met Ball

Is it just me, or was there lot of vintage coming through in the gowns from the Met Ball..

My favourites were:

I guess vintage is just awesome then :)

BOOTilicious

Winter’s almost here in South Africa. For us in Cape Town, it feels like it’s braced us with it’s presence already!

Although I love summer, winter’s always fun to layer your clothes, especially accessorizing with scarves, beanies/berets and my favourite…boots.

I have a variety of different styles boots, but this year I’ve decided to take a turn from my normal stiletto-boot buys….

We all know you HAVE to have knee-highs this season, so for myself, instead of having high or chunky heels, I’m opting for flat knee-highs. Another style I’m falling in love with is the Balmain-combat-style boots. They go so well with winters grunge/military look and are extremely comfy. If you want to see how to wear them, have a look at Balmain’s autumn/winter09 and spring/summer10 collection. In SA ELLE’s May issue the combat boot is featured – which means the ELLE team have given them the OK for winter!

I find I do a lot of walking around town and for that reason I’m opting for comfort - flat knee-highs and combats. Luckily for me, I’ll still be on trend, right?

photo by modernjap.com

With your tights, skinnies, leggings, leathers, they’ll look great. A beanie or BF Blazer will give it that grunge look.

photo by bootsaholic.com

These are so stylish. I’d go for these!

Balmain, what can I say? Definitely one of my favourite designers.

I can’t wait to come home after a long day, kick off my boots, snuggle up with a cup of tea and a good book. That’s what winter is for ;) So, instead of a drabby winter, lets make it a stylish one :D

My love..

This is what I need right now…

.VIDA LATTE.