"Saggy Pants are butt-ugly but legal," proclaims a US judge

Pic: thesartorialist.blogspot.com

Looking through my blog roll I came across a post by The Sartorialist; apparently a court judge in the US struck off summons brought against a Bronx man for wearing "saggy pants". I promise you; in the US people are taken to court for such. Read this NY Post article about it.
Personally, I think saggy pants are the most unstylish take on style. What is so appealing about anyone walking around with half their butt in the open. Save that for the bedroom, will you?
As Vivienne Westwood says; "You HAVE to wear clothes, so why not wear BEAUTIFUL clothes?"
Saggy-pant-clad lads can make even the best pair of jeans look unattractive. Let alone themselves. Sies!

Craig Native makes a return at Cape Town Fashion Week

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A coupla grand in my purse would help. I'll give anything just to catch a glimpse of Cape Town Fashion Week 2010. Being a freelancer, media houses are seldom willing to pay for your travel expenses. So, there goes that!

Well, the list is out and Craig Native (pictured)- whom I've been wondering about for a while- is set to end his fashion week haitus when he showcases alongside other big names in South African fashion from Craig Port (who is becoming my fave menswear designer in SA, but will be showcasing women's wear this year), David West (I need me one of your shirts), Stoned Cherrie (so, it wasn't a fall out with AFI, after all?), Stephanie Morland and Kluk CDGT amongst other established and emerging designers.

My Birthday Gift to Myself

Thanks to a sale at Shesha at The Zone @ Rosebank I was able to get me a pair of these Nike babies on my birthday this past Saturday. I've been eyeing them for over a month and got them at a good time, almost half the price they were when I first saw them! (Why are there so many "at"s in this post?! Ag, whatever!)

Pics: What my monthly fashion fix looks like

Yep! Marie Claire, GQ, ELLE SA and UK ELLE. It's probably a bit early to judge because I haven't gone through the mags properly, but I think Marie Claire's fashion spread with Alber Elbaz's muse- model Aminata Niaria- dressed in African designs by Clive Rundle, Eric Raisina and Black Coffee amongst others  (shot in Paris) takes the cake. Sharon Becker's fashion direction (with Louw Kotze as the contributing fashion editor for this particular spread) was quite clearly a coup for Marie Claire. I'm in love!

Clive Rundle

Should the Williams sisters stick to Tennis and Leave Fashion Alone?

Fashion and tennis go back a long way. The people at Lacoste could tell you that. Even today tennis stars are bouncing all the way to the bank on fashion endorsement deals. I didn't even know this but the Williams sisters also have fashion lines. Word? *clear throats*
Fug Yourself has much to say about that. We are not talking Stella McCartney or Nike Endorsements here. Are these girls actually being serious about fashion when proof of their wardrobe dyslexia is so abound?

*clear throat* once again. Go Fug Yourself for more Williams sisters fashion dyslexia.

Men's Shorts: A Wardrobe Dilemma

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My FTV diet- which is only rivalled by my brother-in-law's son's Disney Channel diet, I must add- is taking me back to a dilemma I have had for many years but had managed to overcome as the years went by; men's shorts! Well... Maybe I didn't overcome it per se, but I think I just convinced myself that I am not a shorts kinda guy.
Really! I have very skinny legs, but I would really love to wear me some shorts. It is so bad a dilemma, I stopped buying shorts back when I was twelve. Even when my mom shopped for me I would always have a fit if she dared buy me a pair of shorts; I'm too skinny for this!
Now, however, I'm back to square one. I really want a pair of shorts and FTV is driving me crazy because it seems like the northern hemisphere's fashion weeks are dictating that this is the summer trend you want to follow. Trend or no trend; I want a pair of shorts. My only worry is my conscious. It will not let me rest if I do indeed go out in public wearing shorts. *sigh*
(I see you, Buhle and I'm loving the look of your blog! Holla!)

ELLE Magazine August 2010

The ELLE SA August 2010 cover with style icon Kate Moss.

I must say how impressed I am every time I open up a new ELLE copy. The content seems to improve with every passing month. And the beauty sections of magazines I was moaning about? ELLE obviously had similar sentiments. There are actual articles to read and less product selling in this month's beauty section. Fashionistas, including blogger Milisuthando Bongela, show off their wardrobes and Tando Pato writes about her meeting with the new editor of the Times Newspaper Phyllicia Opelt; not quite the devil, but maybe she'll wear that Prada as she has a love for shoes and dressing up.

Arty Mgudlwa, your "follow" does not go unnoticed. Welcome!

What You on About? Men have BEEN rocking Leopard Print

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Lol. I stand corrected! After posting a blog titled "Leopard Print for men. Would you let him?" a friend of mine sent me a text message to say although she wouldn't let her man rock any other leopard print, the leopard print vest that Zulu men wear is fine. And the penny dropped! Men have BEEN wearing leopard print and I want to assert this in the fashion circles.

How? I want to rock a leopard print vest and fuse it with my style at the next fashion do I go to. I'm sure the likes of Felipe Mazibuko have done it before, but I'll do it anyway. This, here, is my opportunity to rock leopard print without having the glare of fashion-backward folk on me.

I need to find me that Zulu vest! Pronto!

There's a special place in hell for fashion bloggers!

Lol. Found this on Bryanboy's blog, through a link he posted. Art critic and founder of Purple Magazine Olivier Zahm, Bryanboy says, wants to "kill all fashion bloggers". This apparently, is in a video that is now posted on Bryanboy.com

After so many years of fashion blogging, what exactly could be Zahm's problem? Is Purple Magazine taking strain? I don't know, but I know many fashion bloggers wouldn't even take such rants, including the picture above, seriously. What we do take seriously, however, is our blogging! *evil laugh*

Don't you just love being hated on?

Magazine Beauty Sections Are Skin Shallow

I read an article in the beauty section of the ELLE UK May 2010 issue. Lord knows beauty sections are not my thing; they simply don’t speak to me with their advertising of beauty products for women. This one article in particular, however, grabbed me and I ended up reading the whole thing. It was a story of a woman who found that her eating habits may be the reason for her bad skin. The many skincare products she has in her cupboard were not helping and what was revealed to her is that the products also need a helping hand by way of a diet that enhances rather than hampers the skin’s natural self-healing abilities.

Amongst other reasons- like value for money, with articles that I can read over and over again and plenty of content- I immediately became an ELLE UK convert and I buy the magazine every month now.
Just a couple of minutes ago I read an article in the New York Times about beauty and ageing titled “Aging Gracefully, the French Way”. It’s contents aside, methinks if magazines can have beauty sections that are engaging rather than being a medium that pushes beauty products at little or no advertising cost to the producer it would add much value to the publications we(ok, maybe just "women" for argument's sake) hold so dear.