Skyline Gardens, Braamfontein. The photo is from SouthPoint Hospitality

Thursday night I spent surrounded by Joburg’s fashion set at the Marie Claire Prix D’Excellence del la Mode 2011, which if my French serves me (until now…

Swap out your statement necklace with a pin, à la Alexa Chung at the launch of 30 Days of Fashion and Beauty in Sydney. Strategically placed right in the center of her buttoned-to-the-top collar, Chung's bow-shaped brooch is a cute alternative to this season's collar necklaces and chokers.…

Two of my favourites - Madonna and Rolling Stones Magazine. Follow their covers through the years.

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An astonishing animated chart that summarizes the shift between LPs, cassettes, CDs, and MP3s.

The series of pie charts shows the sales of various music formats: Thus, you can see cassettes begin devouring the LP, and then CDs devouring cassettes, and then, of course, downloadable MP3s decimating CD sales.

Obviously, the contours…

Photo by Zac Rusagara

It’s reassuring to know that there’s a name for this condition. Among its symptoms are thinking that every cloud formation is worthy of a photograph, and every amusing sign or artfully arranged plate of food deserves to be captured, shared and…

Humorous ads remain one of the few effective ways to engage an audience in a very saturated advertising market. This is an area where the audience is far more receptive and still willing to pay attention. 

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Paz de la Huerta stars as the meta-celebrity in this challenging and emotive Agent Provocateur A/W 2011 Campaign. Echoing the overt sense of sexuality so powerfully articulated in her role in ‘Boardwalk Empire’, de la Huerta brings glamour and explicit confidence to this character.

For those that know my blog, this is the first campaign I have ever covered. I am…

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Drumming: Born to do it! I am fundamentally, at my core, a drummer first.…

Talk about the discipline of fashion - tight corsets, leather accessories and multiple piercings. A look inspired by Ethel Granger and lensed by …

Sexy Summer – Here is a look at Victoria’s Secret’s “Bombshell” collection which is in stores now. The summer lookbook features four of our favorite VS girls including Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel and Erin…

Two years ago Acqua di Parma asked Milanese architect and designer Luca Scacchetti to reinterpret the bottle for their iconic eau de cologne, Colonia, and produce a limited edition collector's piece.

Scacchetti, who…

                  Pulp Fiction                  

This one is for movie lovers. Micro clips of movies have been transformed into looped animated Gifs. You all know how much I love these. Check out the links at the bottom of post for more cinemagraphs.

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By the 50s, Capri had become a byword for glamour and a magnet for the international jet-setters: the likes of Jacqueline Kennedy and Truman Capote mixed and mingled with Italy’s beautiful people on their annual vacations. The island’s inherent fashion-consciousness is, these days, exemplified by the myriad designer boutiques - from Prada to…

                  Kate Moss being photographed by Mario Sorrenti

The Pirelli calender will be officially presented on the 6th December in New York. Vanity Fair Italia has secured a few backstage photographs during the shoot. The shoot took place in Corsica and was lensed by the phenomenal photographer Mario Sorrenti. Some of the models…

Fact 1

A woman won the lottery 4 times.

Joan R. Ginther has won 4 different multimillion dollar jackpots in her lifetime. The odds of this occurring are 1 in 18 septillion (that’s 18 with 24 zeros!). Something this unlikely should only occur naturally once every quadrillion years.



It turns out that Ginther has more than just good luck on her side.…

Experience the softest and most luxurious wool fibres transformed into high-impact couture by the Italian master of style, Giorgio Armani.

Introducing Australian Merino wool – an exceptionally fine…

Right now the most interesting movement in Tokyo street fashion is not Harajuku, but actually young kids playing around with the idea of kimonos, in a modern way. As you see in the pictures, the kimonos are usually worn somewhat traditionally, but it’s the accessories they really have fun with. 

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