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Mango Gateway Launch

By on November 15, 2012 in Fashion, Out and About, Retail Therapy

Roy and I went along to the Mango Gateway launch tonight and boy was it packed. Kerrin was wearing the most amazing green dress and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it. Luckily for me it was hanging on a nearby rack. Tip for future launches people, get your staff to wear the merchandise because those dresses were flying out of there.

The current range is full of lush bright yellows, greens, oranges and blues. It was like a Benetton ad, only Mango. What I was most impressed with was the price, everything is super affordable compared to a lot of places I’ve been shopping lately. Seriously, I could go mad in there, luckily Roy was around to reign me in. If you’re heading to Gateway you should definitely pop in to Mango first.

Product images to follow on a separate post.

www.mango.com

All photos except the food taken by Roy Esterhuysen – I was too busy shopping.

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The Space – Gateway

By on May 27, 2011 in Out and About

I popped into The Space for a wee while tonight. I was pretty much on a mission to find specific items of clothing so I didn’t take much time to browse the racks but I did manage to take a few sneaky snaps with my phone. Their random decor items and notebooks were amazing as always. The first one in the top pic sums me up perfectly and I think those globes would make a fantastic corner hanging arrangement.

Best find of the night though had to be this book entitled “How to Live with a Huge Penis.”

The Gateway branch will be moving from it’s current location to a new store next to Cinema Noveau. I can only expect bigger and better things to come.

It’s really worth checking out all their stores as each store interior is uniquely designed by Greg and Roche Dry of Egg Designs.

For more info on The Space take a look at their website or follow them on facebook or twitter.

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Cowboy Up!

By on April 12, 2011 in Fashion

I have some kind of crazy thing for boots! I’ve never really been into the cute little ankle version but give me a pair of leather, knee high boots to stomp around in and I’m a happy camper. One thing I’ve always wanted is a pair of genuine, American-made cowgirl boots, except I’ve never really found any I’ve actually liked. They were either too brown, too white, too shiny or too drab… until now!!!

I was browsing the web yesterday when I came across Old Gringo boots. Oh my shattered nerves they’re all so beautiful, me being me, I had to have a pair. As in immediately!! What I found is that a lot of websites don’t ship to SA. This was highly distressing, so I left a post on Old Gringo’s FB page and went to sleep. This morning, joy of joys, there was a reply from a lovely lady called Lauren from RiverTrail Mercantile saying they could ship to SA and to have a look at their site. The second I hit their home page I was tickets because there before my very eyes were the most beautiful pair of boots I’ve ever seen.

And so… my new, Old Gringo Bonnie Brass boots are soon to be winging their way to SA. What do you think?

If you too are a crazy shopaholic like me, and your brain can justify the cost, then contact Lauren at RiverTrail.

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