Sights and Sounds

Are we a ‘Hypocritical Africa’

findingmilkylane — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:00:07 +0000

I’m a bit amused at the hypocritical state of being that as Africans seem to embody. It’s as if we are waiting to be discovered, waiting for international fashion designers to wave a ‘white flag’ signaling a ‘go ahead’. We have the patterns, the material, the skills, the labour, but we wait for ‘them’ to re-discover what is already ours, give shape and style, put it on a famous model, in a glossy fashion magazine, and the we jump around and call it Home Grown… Tisk tisk.

Was chatting to a friend of mine about how we are going through this ‘African Fashion’ phase, like black women never wore head wraps, all of a sudden, its a popular thing, like traditional gear was never celebrated, really. We are animal skins and bright coloured fabrics, we are mud huts and straw roofs, we are natural hair and black skin, but most importantly we are drums, ululations, shouts and dancing. And I’m sure we are proud of who we are, let’s not let the world take that from us.

Maybe I’m going through an ‘embrace your self’ phase.

I’m just saying, maybe I’m rambling again. #FoodforThought

The experience of I

findingmilkylane — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:27:01 +0000

It has been a while since I could embrace the beauty that lacks its definition in me. Just as you learn to settle you get tossed about, thrown to and fro, needing to be steered carefully. My thoughts are filled in capacity in my mind, they are a consumption of my heart, traces of brooding, traces of pondering… THIS IS LIFE is what the mind screams out… It’s what I need to fully embody, put on, constantly clothe myself with, a covering, a protection from deception.

Today my thoughts and heart fight to agree… but I fully give you my words to decipher and disect…

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My Tumblr Blog

findingmilkylane — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:05:43 +0000

Hello, my Tumblr blog has been going on for some time, its more on that lookbook tip:

http://whyilovethee.tumblr.com/

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once upon a time: time after time

findingmilkylane — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:07:44 +0000

Gugulam: indeed your dear to me

findingmilkylane — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:25:38 +0000

South African based fashion designer.

the prettiest clutch bags

findingmilkylane — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:20:18 +0000

A classmate Ronell Botes is a crafty dame and makes the most beautiful all-purpose bags you can imagine, if you would like to place an order email her on: ronell.botes@yahoo.com

In celebration of being black: Metro Fm ads

findingmilkylane — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:54:00 +0000

I walked into MissSeed’s office and she was going on about black prominent graphic designers in the country, the list I must say is almost non-existent (unless or knowledge is limited). This got me thinking about posting things on the blog that celebrate the vernacular sense of design in our country, something you don’t see much off.

To start off here is a series of advertisements that celebrate being black, it’s no coincidence that Metro FM is celebrating their 25th birthday this month-hip hip hooray… These ads portray what it means to be original Kasi (belonging to the townships), the lingo, lifestyle and such. I can go on and on and on. If your from South Africa and are familiar with the way of life that surrounds the townships and its history, you cannot ignore the amount of culture embedded in these ads.

I’M SUPPER EXCITED about this new direction the blog is taking…

My kind of hat

findingmilkylane — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:25:41 +0000

Adorning the head is what I’m into

Flavour of the day: Christopher Strong

findingmilkylane — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:47:07 +0000

Beauty, maturity, elegance, sophisticated, intelligence (in some odd way) is what I think about when I glance at Christopher Strong a womenswear fashion label based in Cape Town. I feel like these clothes are meant just simply to be worn, as simple as that. I fell in love with the dresses when I saw MissMillib in one of the black dresses, you know when someone just looks good in a dress.

When I grow up, I want to be seen in a Christopher Strong… everything.

Real or Re-created realities (Vanidad Magazine)

findingmilkylane — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:28:00 +0000

All I know about this mag is that its Spanish, and they have flipping cool cover pages… While thinking about this post, I remembered a line from the movie Love and other disasters, Paulo said (commenting on a photo shoot): fashion is a recreation of what someone thinks is real, so fashion is not real’…

Well, that’s a debate for another day;-} or you can drop a line, and let’s get down on this topic?

Here is some Vanidad, Enjoy