When girls get ready and the eyeliner is fresh, some rock n roll magic takes over. Clothes are strewn all over while shoes get swapped. This is the ritual. The fashion addiction spills its secrets to the mirror with a wardrobe loud enough to drown out the hairdryer. Candyfloss hair and nude lips ice this hot cake while Givenchy guard dogs are ready to pounce if you want to take a bite. Blue-eyed heartbreakers who have a penchant for skipping town in their leather boots when you're head over heels for them. Forever claiming the right threads to knock you dead with rich wine red. My hella dope girls for life.

I'm going flower crazy this week! This D.I.Y. is super easy, just find an old alice band lying around the house and re-invent it with superglue, fake flowers and any other embellishments. I went to a fabric store and picked up the fabric flowers, the purple ones were actually left over from my Graduate Collection at FEDISA. Tomorrow, the fresh flower halo D.I.Y. post will be up at 7AM. The fake flowers work exactly the same way as those except no need for extra wire as faux flowers already have them. The best part of course is that they last forever. Like diamonds...except you can get these at the R5.00 store. Happy crafting!

Have you heard? Tacky is a disease and I have been suffering from it for a few years. It causes me to seek out items that look like a robot dinosaur and gay flamingo's lovechild. This lovechild (let's call him Heather) coughs rhinestones, sneezes studs and makes you look like an eccentric tool with obnoxious taste. Long live Heather. Check out these beauties and more at Patricia Field and if you're ever in New York, get your cute butt down to Bowery and Bleecker.

I just finished my internship so now I have to get started on my 5th outfit. I really want a break so I'm only starting it next week. I'm quite excited because Daisy Island is putting my dress into production for their store. I had such a good time working for them and this is the best outcome I could have ever hoped for. At the back of their factory, they have a rail with clothes that didn't sell and they let me take whatever I wanted so I snatched up this baby, it reminds me of Wildfox Couture fall 2010.


On Saturday I picked up the lightbox Lucas made for me, I'm so happy with it, post will come soon. Then I went to The Lot and Wardrobe on Kloof to see what they had. I picked up three dresses and a cute top with fringing. I also got this floating stud ring, I adore these rings, would be a great option for those with tattooed fingers, still get to show 'em off.  On Tuesday I'm going to watch the Portugal vs Spain game at the stadium which I'm excited for, I don't know who to root for, I guess Spain because I enjoyed it there? Grand West is arranging the whole thing, we get driven to and from the game and then we get a night's stay at the hotel. I'm going with my mom and I'm thinking room service! My room service special is chocolate milkshakes and toasted cheeses/french fries. Gotta have it.  


I was looking forward to the holidays because I needed to recharge and I'm finally getting the chance this week. I think it's time to overdose on bubble baths and magazines.

Today I went for tea, waffles and flapjacks with a friend. "Having tea" sounds so fancy, really it was just lots of syruppy carbs and Tarintino talk at 2 in the afternoon. I think Inglorious Basterds was amazing, really enjoyed it. I also got a laser pointer, did you ever see that Seinfeld with the laser pointer? Ahaha, I love them. All the 90s things got so hard to find, thank goodness for clothing-novelty hybrid Oriental shops owned by Italian guys. My friend works there and I also picked up these Engrish badges. So funny.

I went to Woolworths which is just bad news because of Benefit. I am addicted, stay away, the packaging and attention to detail is so cute you don't even notice the price going into 3 digits. They even label the brushes so you never mix your make up! I bought You Rebel tinted moisturiser and Confessions of a Concealaholic. It's pretty funny, you open the box and there's a pamphlet that reads "Dear Diary, I can't eat! I can't sleep! All I can think about is concealing." It's up my alley. I also got the new DKNY perfume because those magazine fragrance strips had me hooked. Damn you marketers, foiled again.


A while back I got these two gems at Wardrobe but I forgot to post them, I also got a new sewing foot for my machine, damn they are expensive! What do grandmothers make these days? I love it that my mom and I share the same shoe size and taste, she's traveling now so I'm excited to see what she brings back. I told her to go to Topshop, I went to the one in New York the day before New Years but it was chaos.

I saw an old friend yesterday, she made me some cds with The Breeders and The Kills. It fits in with the kind of slow tempo music I've been listening to latey. I can't get enough of Coconut Records, both albums are lovely. This year is going to get crazy as soon as college starts so I'm soaking up every minute till Monday. I got some new accessories from Diva, I'm addicted... I have dinner with friends tonight and I almost bought a bulldog haha, they're too delightful; a tough cookie exterior but really a regular softie.


I'm so excited to make my collection, I've been sketching all day, it's based on a mix of two ranges I thought up last year. I've been dead set on the concept for so long and reworking it to a more interesting place.


 My range is filled with contrasting textures, colour, embellishments and accessories if all goes to plan. I've ordered tons and tons of pyramid studs for it so I can figure out which colours will fit. The range is sexy but very wearable and it'll involve a lot of handsewing, I've always been more interested in embellishing and accessorizing, I think little details add so much to the big picture.

Anyway, I still have the last of the Canada photos sitting around so I'll be posting them soon!  Below is one of my favorite songs of all time and is one that inspired me, Your Woman by White Town. Have a great weekend! x

Here's a peek of what I was working on the other day for the challenge, I've almost finished my shorts, I just have to measure my model so that I can make the waistband. The two outfits will be judged on Thursday and the top scores will get into the annual fashion show so it's really exciting stuff! I've gone the simpler route with my designs, a lot of people are doing 3D avant garde things; the theme is abstract geometry, I was inspired by street signs so I found myself in biker chic land.
I'm excited because I haven't gotten a chance to design street wear and we are required to work with denim which I've recently gotten properly acquainted with. The top and dress are stop sign and chevron like in shape. I'm going to work on stuff tonight and tomorrow. I'm having so much fun. I can't believe that I can work unassisted, I don't know how I managed to retain all of this knowledge because it's mainly one hit wonder song lyrics up there. True story, a little bit of Monica in my life, a little bit of Erica by my side, a little bit of Rita is all I need..
I have so much fun refabricating and embellishing. I also adore accessories, I made some last night, I superglued eyelets into a wristband, laced it up with an old corset cord and put spikes on top. I always use accessories to really send my concepts home. I think I should go into that sphere of design as I am super focused on details, they make everything for me. Have an amazing Saturday x

I love Fall's fashion, 2009 has not let me down once. This year fashion is full of creativity and fresh pieces.
Givenchy's collection had an Indian feel to it, I'm loving the spikes and studs.
Valentino was perfectly feminine, featuring feather adorned shoes and lace body decor.