Introducing our new feature: Bubblegum Club Stories. Each week we will put together a short video to let you know what has happened and what is happening in Johannesburg’s creative scene. We will be following creatives and giving you the scoop on what they are working on and what’s on their minds. We will be…
A rainbow visor: refracting, reflecting the gaze of the camera. Hues of animated pink fade into a deep navy. All interrupted by an unheard click of the shutter. Memorialized in time. Textiles of filmy lace are juxtaposed with geometric angles that clothe and cover a figure at rest. Reclining into an abyss of deep waters…
In the context of local streetwear, Youth95 is somewhat of an anomaly. With the rise of the local fashion celeb, having ‘brand owner’, ‘designer’ or ‘creative director’ in one’s insta bio became all the more popular. If used correctly, this became a viable way of gaining attention or recognition from peers, as well as a…
There is a continuous need to redefine Africans and their continent. Whether it be such terms as the Afropolitan or ‘the New African’, they aim to define certain individuals within the continent as being more in touch with “global community”. Whether it is in their lifestyles, intellectual musings or business practices, such words seek to…
“The fabrics and the cuts we wear tell us about our society” – Amanda Cherry A pleated cuff shudders under the folded forms of flesh. The iconic white shirt – elongated and extended. Facilitating a gentle ease of motion while still maintaining architectural line and form. Languid limbs and leafy tendrils lie juxtaposed to an urban…
Sol-Sol Menswear, known for their quality men’s basics, has welcomed 2017 with its capsule collection created in collaboration with Hong Kong-based artist and illustrator Forlee Bean aka BAD IDEA. Started by Durban-born, skateboarding veteran Mathew Kieser three years ago, Sol-Sol has heavy skate and street influences. Focusing on fit as well as design, Mathew wanted…
What’s most striking about the Inkaturah brand is its modern take on natural materials. I would first come into contact with this brand at Market on Main, which takes place on Sundays in the Maboneng district. My first piece from the brand would be her black choker with a minimalist gold statement jewel in the…
It’s 8.30am on the 26th of December and I’m wondering the still-desolate mall at Cape Town’s VnA Waterfront. In one of the passageways, I collide with an unusual hive of activity: a rapidly-growing line of expectant shoppers have converged outside the closed entrance of the PUMA store. They’ve come in anticipation of Boxing Day sales. But…
What makes a good portrait? What has made this genre so important that it became its own discipline within the arts? It is a medium that pulls you in through one’s need to connect with others. It objectifies the self as a moment in time. The viewer is seduced by this static self and we…
In February of this year, the State of the Nation address aired on South African television. At the same time, the second season of Ayashisa Amateki launched on SABC 1. Whether as a consequence of our disillusionment with politics or the rise of South African street culture, the show for sneaker-heads attracted more viewers. Our…
All round champion of juggling all things related to fashion styling, Melissa Maxted-Henderson teamed up with the talented photographer Bianca Theron, fashion designer Anmari Honiball and illustrator Alettie Marx on a project interrogating the role of women and engaging with gender as a mode of constraint. Their visual narrative ‘Lady Like’ draws attention to the…
Voluminous texture envelops feminine frames. A minimal design aesthetic applied to a soft palette reflective of an African landscape. Bare lines constructed from threads of flow and movement, sway to contours of the body. Designer Bubu Ogisi fuses traditional culture and contemporary form in visual silhouettes. The fashion label, I.AM.ISIGO straddles half of the globe…
