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Queen depicted topless on a tee

By Sandiso Ngubane | 2012-05-22 00:41:47

While the ANC heads to court over Brett Murray’s depiction of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, Buckingham Palace has refused to comment on what some Britons have described as “disgusting”.

PIC: SHOTDEADINTHEHEAD.COM

The Sun reports that fans of Her Majesty are outraged after a clothing retailer began selling t-shirts bearing a topless image of Queen Elizabeth II. The image carries the slogan “Loverly Jubilees”- wordplay on the Queen’s ‘Diamond Jubilee’ (year-long celebration of her 60th year on the throne).

The tee is going for about R 200.00 on the retailers’ website.

 

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Why Marie Claire’s June 2012 cover is worth celebrating.

By Sandiso Ngubane | 2012-05-21 10:43:51

In a country where we are often confronted by the demon of racism, politicising a magazine cover might seem unnecessary. The fact, however, is that there’s more to it that just simple racial politics. It goes to the core of equality. Magazine covers, especially women’s consumer magazine covers, are symbolic of social status and influence. When True Love is the only reputable glossy giving black women a shot at shifting copies, in a country where most of those buying those magazines are black anyway, it becomes a bit of a bitter pill to swallow. Of course magazines sell more based on aspiration- selling a dream- than anything else, but still, is relating to its content too much to ask for? By not putting South Africans on the covers are we saying we have nothing to learn from each other? Are Hollywood stars more valuable than our own? I’m just saying, there’s a lot that something as seemingly trivial as a magazine cover suggests.

MARIE CLAIRE SA, JUNE 2012

This is why I think Marie Claire’s June 2012 issue is something worth celebrating. Thank you, Marie Claire.

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Grazia South Africa makes shelf debut

By Sandiso Ngubane | 2012-05-17 16:10:13

The South African edition of Grazia Magazine makes its highly anticipated shelf debut tomorrow with pop sensation Rihanna as its first ever cover star. I am told the magazine has an ambitious print run of 70, 000, but judging by the hype that it has enjoyed in the run up to its launch a lot of these copies will fly off the shelves.

Grazia SA is helmed by editor Danielle Weakley who is supported by a strong fashion team that includes Kirsty Stoltz(formerly at FHM and ELLE) as fashion director and Mbali Soga, who recently left Cosmopolitan and was at True Love prior to that, as fashion editor. The beauty pages are edited by Malaika Alf.

 

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Website acquisition forces popular bloggers to clarify ownership

By Sandiso Ngubane | 2012-05-16 03:56:01

Blogging BFFs Bryan Boy and Rumi Neely have been forced to clarify the ownership of their blogs. This follows a sudden acquisition of Nowmanifest by Fairchild Fashion Media, a unit of Conde Nast. Nowmanifest is a site that hosts several blogs and was owned by Elin Kling( the Swedish blogger) and Christian Remrod. It is more of a bloggers’ network than a media company.

Bryan Boy and Rumi Neely (PIC: BRYANBOY.COM)

Following the acquisition Bryan Boy and Rumi Neely took to twitter with Neely saying she was not even notified about it. ‘Bryan Boy had less than 24 hours notice, I had none,’ the Fashiontoast blogger tweeted, ‘My blog is still 100% owned by me.’

She went on to add; ‘Nothing against Fairchild and Conde Nast… but I am wondering if they were severely misinformed.’

Bryan Boy tweeted ‘No one owns the brands Bryan Boy and Fashion Toast.’

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Fashion Challenge kicks-off Durban July countdown

By Sandiso Ngubane | 2012-05-15 10:25:35

The fashion stakes have been raised ahead of this year’s Vodacom Durban July with designers from across the country vying for a position among ten finalists for the annual event’s fashion challenge. With a theme like ‘A Material World’ judges naturally expected garments that feature recycled material, making design and execution all that more important.

Judges scrutinise storyboards submitted by designers for the Durban July Fashion Challenge

Event related fashion challenges often bring over-the-top pieces from designers as one would expect for an event that is synonymous with race day fashion. “A strong misconception is that elaborate design is more interesting – sometimes less is more,” said Derrick Mhlongo, one of the judges.

“There was an obvious use of recycled material, however the more successful designs are those where the material does not appear recycled at all,” Durban-based designer Terence Bray, who was also part of the judging panel, said.

Former Durban July Young Designer Award winner Lara Klawikowski from Cape Town wowed the judges, earning herself a place among 10 others .

The rest of the top ten includes Celeste Swart, Marisa Kriek (both from Port Elizabeth), Elissa Krugel, Mmuso Potsane, Pierre Fourie, Tsholofelo Moipolai (all Bloemfontein) , Elizma Ferreira, Pierre de Villiers and Teresa Joubert (all Cape Town).

The Vodacom Durban July takes place on 7 July 2012 at the Greyville Racecourse, Durban.

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Marc Jacobs dares not to be ‘boring’ in a lace dress

By Sandiso Ngubane | 2012-05-09 18:20:10

‘It’s just a lace dress.’

‘I just didn’t want to wear a tuxedo and be boring.’

PIC: VOGUE.CO.UK

According to VOGUE.co.uk, these are the words of designer Marc Jacobs after he caused a stir on the Met Gala red carpet Monday night. I say well done, Jacobs. Somebody needs to shake things up to give the bloggers something to blog about and tabloids something to go to print with!

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Missibaba and Kirsten Goss to open new Cape Town store

By Sandiso Ngubane | 2012-05-09 17:21:12

The newsletter sent to me as a press release is just too pretty, I’ll let it do the talking!

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Mr Price and Holmes Bros. Collabo, Part 2

By Sandiso Ngubane | 2012-05-08 16:48:46

It’s collaboration season in South African fashion with David Tlale going to Legit and now, as announced by the retailer today, the Holmes Brothers are going into Mr Price for winter. It is the second time the Durban design duo has collaborated with the retailer on ‘Fly Holmes’, a limited edition range. The first was a summer range that was in stores in December 2011.

A 50′s inspired ‘Fly Holmes’ winter collection will be available in stores starting on May 11.

  

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David Tlale’s Legit collection launched

By Sandiso Ngubane | 2012-05-07 05:12:21

Acclaimed fashion designer David Tlale’s Van Der Tlale diffusion line was launched at the Military History Museum in Saxonwold, Johannesburg on Thursday last week. Tlale himself took centre stage, sitting on a battlewagon with several male models surrounding him as the female models strut their stuff in VDT. The collection itself did not lack the drama we’ve come to expect of David Tlale with an abundance of shimmer and glam that the Legit customer will most probably appreciate. Current trends including bright colours and faux-fur trimmed coats also made a strong appearance as did several young celebrities- Nandi Mngoma, Lalla Hirayama and Selimathunzi’s Zizo Beda- who also took their turns to sashay down the ramp in VDT.

 PICS COURTESY: LEGIT/ ON-POINT PR/ ZANENZA COMMUNICATIONS

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Naomi Campbell’s own ‘Top Model’.

By Sandiso Ngubane | 2012-05-02 22:47:40

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Vogue.co.uk reports that supermodel Naomi Campbell will soon play mentor to aspirant models in a new show with a format similar to Tyra Banks’ ‘Next Top Model’. The US show titled ‘The Face’ is being produced by NBC Universal who are also responsible for ‘The Voice’. More supermodels whose names are yet to be announced will also be part of the show.

Meanwhile, Tyra Banks has reportedly dropped Nigel Barker, Jay Manuel and J Alexander from ‘America’s Next Top Model’ in a bid to spice things up. It’s a cut throat business indeed!

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