From Runway to Rail! SA Fashion Week opened last week; showcasing an exclusive capsule collection collection where Woolworths collaborated with eight local designers to bring us mere mortals designer, South African items at an affordable price tag.
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Last week, I had the privilege of meeting talented design duo, KLûK CGDT. I got to chat to them about their interpretation of the Yves Saint Laurent Tuxedo Palette and the look they created, inspired by a key moment in the history of Mr Saint Laurent. To celebrate, 50 years of YSL, KLûK CGDT together with seven of SA’s top designers, were invited to create a fashionable piece, interpreting the new YSL Couture Colour Palettes (more on that soon). Each designer was given one of the eight palettes to work with, and asked to use the palette to design a runway look that was showcased at the 2014 SA Style Awards, that took place at Hyde Park Corner on Sunday the 23rd November. KLûK CGDT was given the task of interpreting the first palette in the collection, No1 TUXEDO, a smokey eyeshadow palette with shades of grey, taupe, charcoal and black. When I spoke to Malcolm and Christiaan at Hyde Park Corner the next day, I asked them how it felt to interpret a palette by such an iconic YSL Classic. Malcolm said it was like looking after someones’ baby! For their show-stopping feathered creation, that got heads turning as it opened the SA Style Awards Fashion Show, KLûK CGDT drew inspiration from the palette to bring this look to life. They wanted to make…
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South African’s speak mostly English, but since we have 11 official languages, we kinda love to mix them all up and give our dialect a truly South African flavour! And how cool to see this “taal” popping up on t-shirts, that we can wear our flavour and show our true South African street style! I couldn’t resist when I saw these cute tee’s at Mr Price! I bought the EISH and LEKKER ones and cant wait to wear them when I go to Europe in less than two weeks time! At under R50 bucks each, these tee’s are selling like Ouma’s vetkoek, so hurry and don’t miss out! You can check em at Mr Price, or shop this story below to buy them online from MrP. PS, they deliver world wide now too – so everyone can be cool like us! Rocking my South African Street Style! Ek Se!
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