Off to the Circus we go

Its my belief that clothing should take you to the circus, dressing should be a moment where you feel you can become anything you want to be. If i were to join the circus, I'd love to be a trapeze artist. Their leotards and spandex make American Apparel look like M&S.

There's a designer whose garments I feel are heavily influenced by this belief, his name is Isaac Manu. With a kaleidoscope of technicolor prints and dramatic cut out effects within his compositions, Manu's truly work celebrates the extra-ordinary.

all images courtesy of http://www.isaacymanu.com

A stroke of genius

Just discovered possibly the best site EVER!!!


http://www.dear-god.net/

I love this entry :

Bauhaus Now

Ok this exhibition has come to an end, but Wok store in Milan held a fantastic exhibition called Bauhaus Now featuring young fresh German design. The pieces were a combination of furniture, sculptural video-installation and fashion.

Exhibited here is designer Sebastian Schoenheit

check out

www.bauhaus-now.com www.wok-store.com
www.sebastianschoenheit.de

African Record Covers

Oh how I love looking at interesting graphics. My favorite are the old African records from the 70's. Reminiscing on graphic design before the days of Photoshop. Enjoy!















Hmmm Bongi, I'm not too sure who came up with the record title.....I guess there can only be one Makeba.

We're not all going to Graceland

Following a near death experience this Saturday, I felt the need to update my blog. Seriously!

Ok so there's a little bit of gossip that Paul Simon cheated Lady Smith Black Mambazo from the rights to the music they produced with him on the Graceland album. The story is Paul basically made millions from an album that rejuvenated his career. The album also became a great platform for both Paul and LadySmith to showcase the injustices that took place in old Apartheid South Africa . So it is difficult to hear that Paul took all the credit for it when it is clearly the success of the project was due to the distinctly Zulu rhythms produced by LSBM.

Now Ed, was terribly upset when he heard this. I could see from the corner of my eye (I was driving ) that this news troubled his soul. So I went online to try and verify this information...but nothing, nada? So this is a shout out to anyone who knows whether this information is true or false and has some documents to prove. As a Natal girl who still is in love with the Graceland album I hope Paul can be proven wrong and this is not another culture vulture incident. Also if this information is incorrect, this will set my hippie boyfriends heart as ease, and he can continue believing in the goodness in humanity.

Ode to Brett and Street Heart Studios

Tragedy strikes at the strangest times, and has hit one of my dear friends. Cape Town based photographer Brett Rubin has had his studio Street Heart burn down in an awful fire. All I can say is "its always darkest before dawn". You will overcome this.

"Aluta Continua"

Here's to you my friend. xxx








All images courtesy of : http://brettrubin.com

Visual Love Affair

For many years I've had this love affair the strange and the magical that exists in fashion photography. Here are some of my favourite image makers:

David La Chapelle









Nick Knight