Today I'm wearing... Twinkle Twinkle (3 October)

 The heavens are ablaze with this Spring's latest street trend... embellished shorts

It's time to get out those old denims and give them a little sparkle!

Some old denim shorts, preferably with some textural mutiliation or abrasion. 

studs... i opted for some star studs in an antibrass colour

Arrange your studs as to where you would like to attach them to the garment

Start studding! Push the arms through and squeeze together in the pocket lining

 

Bare threads is officially a fan!

After visiting the Stylemology I was totally inspired...

OMG it's here!  Stylemology is launching soon!
Go check out this link...
http://stylemology.com/NRZV8

Today I'm wearing... A Spring Thing (26 August)

It's official!  It's Spring Day!  I couldn't resist a little Lana Del Ray take on style and adorned myself with my home-made silk flower hairpieace.
 
 It's finally time to pack your coats away and whip out your dresses!  Excited much?  I'm currently trending Winter in London and so it's slightly ironic as I'm actually feeling for a little bit of burgundy and houndstooth prints right now, but i have been waiting for sunshine for too long so i will try my best to ignore these enticing new trends!  Bring on the lumo, floral, and cut-out details!  I'm ready for Summer! 

Dress - Urban Outfitters

Well isn't that Pinteresting..?

I like to think of myself as a collector…. I collect books, material, shoes, threads, paintbrushes, recipes, magazine cuttings, lists of ideas and things I want to do, hairbands and hairclips, poetry, rings, dresses, oh did I mention shoes?  Some may call it hoarding but I argue a creative can never be uncluttered for then how would I remember to make use of all those thoughts and designs? 

And there I was feeling guilty for my keepsaking of what some may say is trivial matter, but low and behold… Pinterest has exposed all you other closet collectors!  Now I know I’m not alone!

If you think about Pinterest and the nature of its existence, its typical of women’s behaviour really and so makes sense. 

“I think I should cook something with beans for dinner… Ooooo, camembert on promotion?!?  Maybe I’ll cook it with a tomato base and pasta…. Oooo I should try out my new pasta machine…. So then I’ll need flour, yeast… I definitely need to get some wine for when I’m doing all this cooking, mmmm... and maybe that new Birdy album to soften the mood… But pasta yes, maybe with some fresh basil…. I don’t know why I don’t just grow my own and keep buying these over-priced small packets of herbs…. I’ll just step into the florist here…”

And yet she went to buy beans.

My aunt refers to it as a “scatter personality”.  You intend on doing your filing but see your cupboard needs cleaning and then start flicking through albums and redoing scrapbooks and…. No filing happening here.

Pinterest is different to the other reams of social sites in that it feeds you ideas of what you want.  Simple.  Brilliant.  Especially as most women don’t even actually know what it is they’re after in the first place.  No wonder most of its 11 million per week visitors are female.  And it makes it personal.  You can make your account fit to you, cater to you, feed your interests and save snippets of you and your life and hobbies in cyberspace.  Well… I think that’s personal.

Pinterest's mission is to "connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting” via a global platform of inspiration and idea sharing.  It has definitely got me hooked.  My life has a new mantra... sleep less, pin more.

The Humanist and Rescuer... Sergeant Pepper Clothing

“the man whose horse trots a mile in a minute does not carry the most important messages.”

Henry David Thoreau

Our digital age has blessed us with machines to ease our lifestyles, quicken our work and give us more personal time.  And yet, ironically, often they tend to do exactly the opposite.  When was the last time you stopped to read a book, sip on a coffee or just breathe in the wind… without following the latest tweet out of the corner of your eye?  It is increasingly difficult to ‘turn off’ the world, the constant influx of messages and information, and the continuous flow of data which bombards our potentially quiet moments and invades our private lives.  It is time to disconnect.

There has been a trend towards a more humanist approach to life.  There is a new focus on once again engaging in lengthy activities; cultivating wine, kneading bread,  making jam.  There is a return to something we have abandoned and forgotten: time.  There is a new appreciation of craftsmanship and authentic artisans, timelessness and invaluable items.

So where will this movement take us?  How will it effect fashion?  How will we as the consumer be offered something that is going back to a focus on quality and sophistication?  How will we leave disposable fashion and once again seek the finer things in life? When did you last find a brand that took your breath away in its attention to detail, its beautiful fabrications, its boasting of craftsmanship?

Introducing Sergeant Pepper Clothing.

 

Sergeant Pepper is bespoke, crafted clothing.  Its creators felt our beloved South Africa was hungry for a home-grown brand which was on trend with Europe.  They saw the gap between South Africa and the rest of the world and wanted to offer something to close this.

And so Sergeant Pepper Clothing was born.  This proudly South African brand offers sophisticated fashion with a focus on fit and finishes to our market and at affordable prices.  The brand will not only offer clothing as they want to inspire men to embrace the brand's attitude and lifestyle entirely and to be able to appreciate the finer things in life again; good food and wine, well-made coffee and the art and skill of well composed music.  The Sergeant Pepper man appreciates good threads and attention to detail, and is not afraid to push the boundaries of commercial fashion while feeling comfortable at the same time.

Sigh… where have you been all our lives Sergeant Pepper?!  Long may you conquer the dull men’s fashion that overwhelms the South African market! 

Sergeant Pepper Clothing aims to open its online store and be available at selected retailers from September.  Go check it out at www.sgtpepperbrand.com and like them on their facebook page.  If there was a "love" button available, I would have hit it!

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