Firstly let me admit that in my 32yrs I have never been to a Design Indaba, embarrassing i know, judge if you wish. I went this past Sunday and it was not quite what i expected, i'm not criticizing skat so please don't get your customized broeks in a knot, i'm just saying it was different from my expectations. I should also put it out there as a disclaimer that i'm really not great in places with lots of indoor stalls or families. Indoor vendors and children make me uncomfortable. Fortunately i ran into my fashion loving friends Ody and Luisa, we spent most of Sunday checking out the fashion shows on the ramp at the back. I snapped a few pics as you can see above. I guess this also means i have to write a fashion 'something'. Fashion blurbs are really not my thing, there are just too many fucking fashion experts out here in blogosphere and i have a feeling that the sun will still rise tomorrow with or without my fashion opinion. I get so irritated sometimes when i read the post of a poorly informed blogger going on about what's hot and what's not. It almost always up ends sounding like sycophantic rubbish or like someone got their hands on a sachet of 'Instant Fashion Commentator', just add hot water and voila you're channeling Andre Leon Talley, Anna Wintour and fucking Elsa Klensch, minus the years of experience and front row seats. I'm not saying i know better nor am i saying that people with strong opinions should censor themselves to appease my self-esteem issues. Maybe my issues are the real problem here, maybe i should stop shitting on others from dizzy heights. There really is a lot of great fashion journalism out there, and every time i read an awesome piece i feel such great respect for the passion, knowledge and talent reflected in the work. It also reminds me not to attempt critiques without doing the necessary research. I really do hate poorly informed opinions, it's one thing to say 'i like this, i don't like that', it's quite another to say 'that is bad, that is good' and before one attempts the latter it's key to equip oneself with shitloads of knowledge. I got a bit peeved recently when i chanced upon a blog post where the blogger compared a classic image from a 2001 - 2002 Steven Cohen performance to a 2008 Viktor & Rolf fashion show, he then went on to suggest that Steven Cohen must have been inspired by the 2008 Viktor & Rolf show. Huh? Steve's great and all, but time travel? Fair enough the blogger assumed it was just some crazy trannie and did not know it was a Steve Cohen performance but still...a bitjie research never hurts my skat. I'm getting a little distracted and i'm not getting to my fashion blurb, which is kind of the point i guess because it's not what i do. What i do though from time to time is say what i like and what i don't like. The pics above are of stuff that i liked at Design Indaba this weekend, the colourful threads on top are from Coppelia (can't ever figure out how to get the apostrophe on top of the e), the guys are dressed by Adriaan Kuiters and in leather accessories by The Summit. If you've been with us for a while you'll know that i am absolutely in love with all things 'The Summit', I really do love what Cindy Poole and her team do with leather. That should be fairly obvious from the amount of pics i've posted up here. Check here for my previous post on her work. The last two of images are Christopher Strong. I was a bit sad coz i got there late and i missed the David West show and i was really looking forward to that. Okay i think i must stop now, this post is becoming uncharacteristically long and that's another pet hate of mine, fucking long blog posts, but let's save a little bit of vitriol for another day. Besides, i'm running out of stones and my glass house isn't exactly built on an indestructible foundation, nor is it shatterproof.
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