Anna Wintour Getting Jiggy with P Diddy!!

Last Updated (Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00) Written by Administrator Wednesday, 21 July 2010 13:05

The camera never lies!!

Also, if you haven't already, watch The September Issue

1. Pharell (N.E.R.D) getting the crowd warmed up!

2. Anna in the background (spot the short blonde bob)

3. P Diddy comes on as a N.E.R.D member for the day

4. Anna goes wild...!!

5. ...and gets jiggy with it!!

6. Pharell: "Did you see that?! Best Partaay Ever!!"

7. Oprah agrees. You know what that means!

Great stuff!!

Posted: 2010-07-21 13:05:00

An Optimism | Andrea Bomo

Last Updated (Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00) Written by Administrator Wednesday, 21 July 2010 19:23

ANDREA BOMO is a well known blogger based in Paris, and forms half the duo Paris Most Wanted. Her style is very feminine and young and carefree, but what I particularly love about it is its optimism. The jewelry, pink pastel lips, turquoise nail polish, and loose fitting clothes, the colours, and the smiles suggest a personality that takes a positive outlook to the world. I can imagine Andrea being a giggly lady even when the rainy days doesn't stop. Enjoy!

Posted: 2010-07-21 19:23:00

CHICHIA LONDON | Be A Muse!

Last Updated (Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00) Written by Administrator Sunday, 25 July 2010 21:21

CHICHIA LONDON will be celebrating the launch of their new collection INSOMNIA in August.

"We are offering a unique experience to one of our fans. Designer CHRISTINE MHANDO is looking for her new muse. Could YOU be the new face of CHICHIA LONDON?"

To win, all you need to send is a picture of yourself plus a blurb about yourself and your style. The lucky winner and new muse will win a Chichia London dress. Send entries to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

DEADLINE: AUGUST 13, 2010

CHICHIA LONDON

INSOMNIA

For those outside London, UK, you can order online at:

www.chichialondon.com

www.thelookboutique.com

Posted: 2010-07-25 21:21:00

Musa Nxumalo | South African Photographers

Last Updated (Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00) Written by Administrator Monday, 26 July 2010 17:23

MUSA NXUMALO is a 24 year old South African photographer. Born in Soweto, Musa is currently based in Johannesburg where he completed his photography program at the Market Photo Workshop 2006-2008. He is also the recipient of the Edward Ruiz Mentorship Award 2008. His work to date include the Alternative Kidz (2009), a solo exhibition part of a Side gallery project in Woodstock, Cape Town, and Us (2010), a group exhibition at the Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town.

The Workshop holds a special space for photographers in South Africa, having nurtured talents such as the innovative street-style photographer Nontsikelelo Veleko who went on to be project manager/coordinator and whose exhibition Beauty Is In The Eyes of the Beholder has toured the world and received critical acclaim, and Vathiswa Ruselo, first recipient of the Edward Ruiz Mentorship 2005.

MUSA NXUMALO | The Interview
ALTERNATIVE KIDZ

How did you start?

I think this is it...this is the start for me. I am looking forward to doing great things in the future, and like every determined kid in my generation, I found a passion and stuck to it and right now I am giving it my full energy to work through the contradictions of my history and where I come from.

Your experiences thus far?

I've got two lives! Home life is a different world to the photography world. The idea of having to switch personalities, behavior and even the way i walk! freaks me out sometimes, and makes me wonder about the impact or the convergence point of my passion and my home life.

Are you interested in a particular kind of photography?

I would not say that I am drawn to one kind, however there are things I am note inclined to photographing, and some pictures that I cannot bear to look at! I always want to see something that moves me, something I have not seen before - a play, romance, imagination, etc. I think if there's a kind of photography that has all of these, then that's the one. At the moment, I find it in various people's work.

Do you have a mentor?

At the moment, no. I work alone. I do have people that I consult now and then for guidance and assistance.

Finally, what excites you as a young photographer in South Africa?

I can talk from a Soweto and Johannesburg point of view simply because I have not explored the rest of the country, though I plan to.

I think there's a lot that doesn't excite me, which is why when I see something great I photograph it. Unfortunately, local magazines which featured great local and international photographers are no longer easily accessible in Soweto, so when I'm in need of a particular book or publication I go to Rosebank.

At the same time, it feels good to to be able to lock my self in to see documentaries such as The Night James Brown Saved Boston and Joy Division.

Last Words?

I am interested in exploring the constant flux of urban youth culture at this particular juncture of our history, primarily within black communities. My photography hopes to develop a documentation of the first generation of a democratic South Africa, how we are practising this freedom and what it means to us.

To view the rest of his Alternative Kidz exhibition, and other works, visit:
WWW.MUSANXUMALO.COM

Posted: 2010-07-26 17:23:00

AFRICAN MAN GONE METROSEXUAL

Last Updated (Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00) Written by Administrator Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:59

FASHION USED TO BE A WOMAN'S THING - not any more. There is a significant increase in the number of men taking care not only their basic appearance, i.e hygiene, presentability, etc, but also emulating a certain definitive style. Modern times have freed men of their inner inhibitions of publicly "managing" themselves, something that in the past would have been considered too feminine or, "gay". This man, sometimes even be better dressed than a woman - and still be unmistakably masculine - is the metrosexual man. And it's hit the streets of Lagos, Jozi, Nairobi in way not seen before.

SHUNNOZ & TEKASALA (Angola) are some of the African designers that have understood the emancipation of men to express themselves freely - a movement that has been growing as seen from loose fitting Levi's 501 --> bootlegs --> now skinny jeans - something that in the 1980's & 1990's could hardly be imagined on any African man. Not only are the clothes tighter in all the right places, the colours are wonderfully dramatic. Gone (or enhanced) are the traditionally 'masculine' colours - navy blue, brown, black and grey to be exact, nothing flamboyant you see - and in are the gold and purple and reds and pastels in all kinds of mixes and prints imaginable. To further illustrate this dramatic transition(ing), the formidable duo's collection is made up of suits which on one side are prudently masculine, no bold prints and colours, to extremely metrosexual, a gold suit with extravagant prints in gold. And that length!!

One thing I noticed: the models in this runway are not like the vulnerable looking Prada models or the unblemished pouty-lipped Burberry - these look like car mechanics and soccer players, and have the bulging thighs, big arms, and expressions to show!

PRADA

BURBERRY

The best part of the collection, what made it truly exceptional and very much African, were the props. A model in an elegant suit pushing down a wheelbarrowful of green apples, or balancing a calabash of vegetables, the grey blanket suspiciously similar to the infamous "umgacambongolo", a very cheap and scratchy blanket! or, even better, rolling an old tyre!! The poetry is unmistakable. And the men, HOT.

SHUNNOZ | TEKASALA

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