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Exquisite Dresses From the MET Costume Institute: Pre-1950

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The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art houses a collection of more than 35 000 pieces, dating as far back as the 15th century to now. The Institute curates two annual exhibitions featuring traditional regional dress, designer haute couture, costumes and accessories for women, men and children. All the clothing can’t be on […]

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Oh Oh, Chanel! Fall ’16 Ready-to-Wear Favourites

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Chanel is hands-down my favourite label of all time. It’s my fashion dream to buy a Chanel 2.55 bag at the flagship store at 31 Rue Cambon, Paris one day. Insert heavy sigh here. Karl Lagerfeld has done an excellent job of preserving the iconic Coco Chanel aesthetic whilst reinterpreting it in modern and exciting ways […]

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A Very Coco Halloween

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On Wednesday evening we traded at the Vintage Experience market at Truth in Cape Town. Being the eve of Halloween, the theme was “A Very Vintage Halloween”. All the traders, and some of the shoppers, dressed up in their best vintage-inspired and spooky costumes. I decided to go as the legendary Coco Chanel. Her sometimes […]

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Chanel and Lace – Shoot with Debbie Part 1

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Finally, I can reveal to you some of the photos from the shoot with Debbie from a few weeks ago! Here is look #1. This was one of my favourite looks where I combined original vintage (a few pieces from Lehza Vintage and a few from my own collection), some luxurious Chanel and Givenchy, as […]

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The Great Gatsby in Vogue

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British actress Carey Mulligan was recently featured in US Vogue decked out in some serious twenties inspired couture. She plays Daisy Buchanan in the forthcoming film adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Since falling in love with the story, having studied the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald in grade 12, I was overjoyed at learning that […]

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