JUNE MOODJul 08, 2020

What can I say… 2020 is feeling more and more like a season of Black Mirror, with each new month akin to a new episode, complete with a new natural, social or political horror. Opening strong with January, which featured a potential third world war and following with February’s fires in Australia. In March the […] READ MORE

THE CULTURAL PHENOMENON THAT IS SAVAGE X FENTYSep 24, 2019

If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last two years, you know Rihanna has a lingerie brand. During New York Fashion Week Rih’s Savage X Fenty taped a top secret fashion show that was made available for streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime (where you can now buy the lingerie) on Friday. As […] READ MORE

ON DREAMS & REALITY: MUSINGS OF A FASHION INTERNAug 22, 2019

I had arrived. I was living in Paris – magical Paris – completing a master’s degree at one of the best fashion schools in the world and I had just been hired as an intern at a haute couture showroom during Paris Fashion Week. The news brought almost as much rejoice as my acceptance to […] READ MORE

GODS AND MONSTERS: THE FASHION MAGAZINE AS A MAGICAL OBJECTAug 12, 2019

“You think this is just a magazine, hmm? This is not just a magazine. This is a shining beacon of hope…” says fictional fashion editor Nigel in the cult film, The Devil Wears Prada, hinting at the fashion magazine as a beacon; a bible; a magical object that people worship and use to escape their […] READ MORE

LAMENTATIONS CAPITALEJul 14, 2019

Just a bit of indulgent, existentialist, freestyle prose by the Marxist in me. Serving up some low-key anxiety about fashion, capitalism and the end of the world. READ MORE

MOI! A PARSONS GRADUATE!Jun 07, 2019

Can. You. Believe. I have a masters degree. Moi! A. Masters. Degree. After two years, two cross-continental moves, six (going on seven) apartments, one long-ass dissertation, countless sleepless night, an existential crisis (just kidding but not really) and the severe compression of my social life, I am officially over-qualified and unemployed! Now I know you’re […] READ MORE

VIRGIL ABLOH x LOUIS VUITTONJun 24, 2018

Due to good fortune, I was in the right place at the right time and scored an invitation to the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 fashion show in Paris – featuring the first collection by Virgil Abloh as creative director. However polarising the views on Abloh’s appointment, it speaks volumes about the current state of […] READ MORE

FÉMINISTE MAIS FÉMININE: THE CORSET TRENDJun 08, 2017

Lace-up detailing has fast gained ground as a trend, with lace-up shoes, lace-up bodysuits and even lace-up chokers wherever you turn your head. Now it seems that the trend is evolving back into its original inspiration: the corset. Every fashionista on social media is wearing a corset belt over their t-shirts, slip dresses, utilitarian jackets, blazers […] READ MORE

FASHION WEEK GOES POLITICALFeb 22, 2017

A general rule of polite conversation has always been to steer clear of topics concerning religion and politics. However, this fashion month, that rule seems to stand on its head. Not only is fashion talking politics, its flaunting it shamelessly and purposefully with models, bloggers and brands making decisive statements against the current social and […] READ MORE

PABLO PABLO PABLOAug 29, 2016

Can we just talk about the hype. So after Kanye West announced on Twitter that he would be opening one of his 21 global Pablo pop-up shops in Cape Town, die-hard fashion and Kanye fans held their breath in anticipation. Its opening on the Friday morning saw a queue down Bree street of hours long, […] READ MORE