Sit up straight boy..

Iv been working on my BTech mini dissertation, Postural school furniture, since the beginning of this year, and frankly i wish id started sooner.  Cant actually believe how much work has gone into it thus far, and how much work has yet to be done, IN 5 WEEKS! On a the bright side, iv managed to source a couple of places that supply standard components that ill be using in the prototype. Pretty excited to see what i come up with. Whilst researching ball joint mechanisms, i stumbled across a stool that uses a similar approach, Line Depping's Maple Stool. It was simply quite beautiful and gave me just the right amount of inspiration to get back on track to where i need to be. Need to put my pedal to the metal and go go go.

 

 

theres more black where that came from...

 

So, its that time of the year again where deadlines are crazy, and the people are even crazier. Been in quite the slump lately, so I thought id resonate that with a bit of black. or in this case a whole lot. Id do an entry on what assholes people can be, but that wouldn't make for a very appealing entry. Forgive me for my morbid state. The negativity bug has bitten me. Thank goodness i can pour every thought out of my brain and onto the Internet....oh what ever happened to privacy. On the upside, a whole 5-6 weeks left of BTech. If you'd have asked me but a mere month ago what my feelings about finishing and leaving varsity were, id probably have said id miss it all. And now? not so much. Actually not at all.

 

 



 

So much more to black than just a LBD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

//Claire Ann o Brien stool//Chiyome bag// Raybans

//Dokter and Misses mirror//Nendo dark noon watches

//Zai Core Axe by Kacper Hamilton

 

 

Moustaches & Menswear



 

Vintage black & white/ Chiffon-tux-blouse/ Geek Chic

    / Cropped cut / Brogues /  Bowtie comeback/

           Bowler hat girl / The blazer



 

a shade of light...a shade of dark..

50 Shades of Grey….

Yes, that is currently the novel my nose is buried deep into. And it’s raunchy, very raunchy. But with this cold, wet and overcast weather, what better book to indulge in than the oh so scandalous 50 Shades of Grey by E.L James. The friend who so kindly lent me the book managed to read the 514 page book in just 2 days. I on the other hand have not been so successful. I find myself having to put the book down in the middle of a chapter and literally tell myself to “breathe” ( as Christian Grey, one of the lead characters in the book, says countless times to a Miss Anastacia Steele). Now I’m nowhere near finished, but do yourself a favour and beg steal or borrow the book…it really is worth it.

summer snackin'

If you're somewhat starving and think you may not have anything rationed in your pantry, think again. Its amazing what you can come up with a little imagination and very little food. This post is slightly overdue due to this cheeseboard being scoffed in late December, but with spring and summer quickly creeping up on us, what better to serve it with than a glass of Chardonnay. Oh how i wont miss eating soup until the next winter season.

Cheeseboard includes: brown bread, tomatoes,breadsticks,blue cheese, feta, olives, preserved figs, organic blueberry jam

The Phoenix and the Birdy...

 

Both Phoenix and Birdy cover the song 1901. Theirs is more upbeat than Birdys version thats subdued and sombre. Loving how artists can alter the mood of a song, its quite incredible actually.

Tutti Frutti..

so...its that time of the year when...yes florals are all the rage.How original, florals for spring huh(anyone recall which movie I'm referencing this from). I on the other hand, was caught off guard when a bright Michelle Mason silk georgette dress caught my eye. and when i say bright, I'm not messing around. Finding myself drawn to neutral elements of an outfit with a splash of colour, both for winter and spring.

It really is such a feel good colour. and after the strange weather Joburgs been having, (please refer to my "snow day" post) i think I'm in dire need of anything feel good.

young love...

So it’s been a while since I was last at Neighbourgoods in Braams, and decided it’s about time I change that. The day was well spent, and to top it off, I found this couple sitting oh so photogenically on a street bench. This is one of my first few attempts at photographing street fashion so be easy on me, I’m still learning. They really did play so well with the camera and couldn’t help but feel like it was some sort of romantique shoot for a magazine.

Scotty Mthembu wears a Daniel Hecter collared shirt, redbat jeans and veldskoene

Gire Sekizengo wears Jennifer jeans from france and a coral Jimmy Choo sling bag.

This will definitely not be the last of my street endeavour. I hope my next victims are just willing to play along as well as they did.

Snow day...

Who would have thought just another Tuesday at varsity would turn into a snow day? certainly not me. Yes sure there was talk of it snowing but I lowered my expectations of this coming true due to it never snowing in Joburg. No really, last time it snowed in Joburg was 1981. This fact is true according to e news. Id never seen so many grown ups frolicking around in the snow like they were kids, it truly was something spectacular. As incredible as it was, I still cant seem to get over the fact that its August and it snowed. Either we are seriously being spoilt by a bit of snow or the earth is trying to tell us something. Regardless, it was a great day.