After yesterday’s seriously hot weather I was really happy to wake up to something approximating normality today. As there was a big Triathlon down at the beach we headed inland to Kloof for some lunch and a wander around Makaranga Garden Lodge. They serve seriously delicious pizza, so definitely order yourself some if you visit. As a side note, if you’re going to lark about in fallen leaves and flowers, be prepared to itch until you get home.
Misty Mornings
This is just a quick snap I took before a meeting at Bosch Hoek this morning. It was so misty, I’m frankly amazed I managed to pull back this much detail.
Allsaints Autumn Collection
I’m a massive fan of Allsaints. Their fabrics are amazing and of such high quality that it would be worth paying their hella high prices even if their designs weren’t so beautiful. I’m a sucker for leather and Allsaints has it in abundance. Jackets, shoes, dresses, trousers. You name it, they probably have it. They also use a lot of hand-dyed italian silk, massive amounts of intricate beadwork and other gorgeous natural fabrics. If you live in England, it’s a double edged sword because while you have all of this available to you, it’s gonna suck your bank account dry. If you’re going on holiday then I say, stop by a store and invest in something right now.
I was also rather taken with their in-store décor. Each one is unique but there is a common theme running through the entire chain. The Regent Street store has made great use of subway tiles, wood flooring and other natural materials while the one in bath has used just about every Singer sewing machine still left in England. I can’t wait to get back there in September and get my shop on.
If you’re looking for guys clothing, take a look at their Men’s collection.
Some Kids are Too Cute
How cute is Ethan? He belongs to my cousin-in-law and for some reason he actually likes to listen to me when I ask him to do certain things. Never had that before. I think it’s mostly so he can see the pictures of himself immediately on the camera screen. I don’t normally watermark my images but I definitely don’t want these being used by randoms all over the internet.
Zara Cape Town
The first Zara store in Cape Town opens its doors today in the V&A Waterfront, one of the city’s most premium shopping malls. The store occupies a prominent location on the ground floor of the mall and spans over more than 1,400 square meters of retail space. It features the Women, Men and Kids collections which are displayed on a single floor. The store has one entrance and numerous fitting rooms to guarantee a positive shopping experience.
To showcase the Zara recommendations of the hottest fashion trends for its Cape Town customers, the store has more than 30 mannequins on display, in addition to those in the shop windows, totaling more than 24 square meters of display space.
The Cape Town customers will find the new revamped Zara store image, with intimate display areas and quality furbishing that adds to the aesthetics of the layout and conveys a sense of lightness to the store. These diaphanous and unadorned spaces allow a focus on the most important element of each store, the fashion. Sustainability is priority in the architectural design and it is evident in the environmentally friendly fixtures and fittings as well as the eco-efficient installations that are used.
The space created by the new design allows us to show fashion‐forward ideas without superfluous flourish and makes way for neutral and uncluttered spaces. Products are organised into cubes which serve as dressing rooms, intimate areas in which the shopper can create a personal look building from the ideas put forward by the brand. The space becomes a sort of catwalk in which they discover for themselves all the particles making up the Zara fashion universe.
Zara offers South African consumers a unique southern hemisphere collection which is constantly updated by delivering new merchandise to stores twice a week. Zara customers in South Africa can expect a customised range of apparel for women, men and kids where the latest trends in garments and fabrics, most appropriate for the season, are always present.
