Yearly Archives: 2025

The Chanel Edit: Tyla’s Iconic Music Video Looks, Decoded

Tyla’s recent fashion era has been nothing short of a Chanel love story — one told in tweed, crystals, and pure star power. She’s been gliding across red carpets as if she were born under couture lights, each look carrying that unmistakable Chanel signature. From archival tweed minis to corseted micro-dresses and crystal-dusted fantasies that feel plucked from modern folklore, Tyla isn’t just wearing fashion; she’s in conversation with it. And now, in the new CHANEL film, that dialogue reaches its crescendo — Tyla steps directly into the brand’s storied codes and, with effortless poise, makes them entirely her own.

 

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Where Time Meets Taste: Daniel Wellington Brings Scandinavian Sophistication to Cape Town with the DW Café

You’ve got Good Taste — own it.

The inaugural Daniel Wellington Café, a first of its kind for the contemporary Scandinavian jewellery brand in South Africa, was held at Alfred Square at the V&A Waterfront for a sensorial experience that captured the essence of refined elegance and modern minimalism. This follows successful launches in Sydney (13–16 August 2025) and Paris (10–11 October 2025) respectively.

 

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Crowning Glory: Masodi Organics is redefining beauty on its own terms

When Liz Letsoalo started Masodi Organics in August 2018, she was stepping into a beauty industry at a crossroads. At the time, black women across South Africa were raising their voices, demanding premium products with rich, thoughtful ingredients and imagery that uplifted them. The shelves in retail stores told a different story, dominated by products that pushed relaxers and sidelined natural black hair.

 

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Seditsi Collection: Where Heritage Meets High Fashion

With Merapelo ya Bashimane ba Kalahari Desert, Seditsi Collection steps boldly into the world of menswear — and what a debut it is. This Spring/Summer 2025 capsule by Lesedi Baakwalanya, Founder and Head Designer at Seditsi Collection, and Romley Lishiba, the brand’s Creative Director, feels like a prayer stitched in fabric — poetic, grounded and distinctly African.

 

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