Winter has hit the Cape in earnest, which means adding even more layers to your outfit! One of my favourite fashion accessories and a great way to keep warm is a scarf.
[Read more…]Habits Fashion Meets Wine at De Grendel
Last week I attended a fashion event with a difference! Habits Fashion Meets Wine, held at De Grendel. It was my first ever fashion and wine pairing! What a great idea – two of my favourite things in one room!
Auric Auto, very kindly, chauffeured guests from Claremont, out to De Grendel Wine Estate, in Durbanville, where the event was held. I must admit it was a rather fun experience being chauffeured – something I could quite possibly get used to!
The Habits Fashion Meets Wine, was also a celebration of the new tasting lounge at De Grendel. While the tasting room at De Grendel offers both wine tasting and platters, the new stylish tasting lounge, is exclusively reserved for wine tasting only.
Habits Fashion Meets Wine
We started off festivities with a delicious glass of De Grendel MCC Brut – not entirely sure that there is a better way to start your day!
After a brief welcome, it was over to iconic fashionista Jenny le Roux from Habits. For those of you who do not know, Habits has been a fashion institution in Cape Town, for as long as I can remember!
The fashion items, which were paired with various De Grendel wines, were from the Habits Fashion Week 2015 Collection. Each garment selected was thoughtfully paired with a De Grendel wine, which mirrored or enhanced the character of the design.
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Below you can see the gorgeous Habits designs, from Fashion Week 2015, each displayed with their wine pairing.
The beautiful Variegated Stripe Satin Dress below, was my absolute favourite. It was perfectly paired with the De Grendel Chardonnay. Both the design and the wine are rich and full, with an air of elegance and sophistication!
Another favourite design of mine was the Emperor Satin Caroline Skirt, below, worn with a crisp White Shirt. It was paired with the De Grendel Koetshuis Sauvignon Blanc. The Koetshuis Sauvignon Blanc grapes are handled differently, in the vineyards as well as in the cellar, to ensure a bigger and a bolder wine. This makes it a perfect pairing with the design of the Caroline Skirt, which is bold and dramatic, while still projecting a feeling classic style!
What a truly fun experience was had at the Habits Fashion Meets Wine event! Thank you to Habits for the fabulous fashion and De Grendel for the beautiful venue and superb wine. Not to forget Auric Auto for getting us safely to the venue and back to Claremont again, in BMW style!
Contact & Location:
Habits: 1 Cavendish Close, Cavendish Street, Claremont, 7708. Tel: (+27) 21 671 7330 Fax: (+27) 21 671 5201
De Grendel Wines and Restaurant: Plattekloof Road, Panorama, Western Cape, 7500. Tasting room:
Tel +27 21 558 6280
Disclosure Ranking: 4
Ready-to-Wow! ™ Spanx Structured Leggings
I seem to live in either leggings or jeans during the week, unless I am attending an event, as they are comfy and practical. My go-to leggings are usually black, because they go with just about anything and black hides a multitude of imperfections! When I received an email to review the Ready-to-Wow! ™ Spanx Structured Leggings, I was super excited to try them!
Spanx Structured Leggings
The Ready-to-Wow! ™ Spanx Structured Leggings have a built-in, shape your silhouette waistband and are completely opaque. The shaping waistband fully flattens your tummy, which is great for those wobbly bits and love handles. The Spanx Structured Leggings keep your butt and thighs looking better than ever and enhance all your “assets”. This is particularly appealing to me as I have always had a bit a larger “bootie”!
Made from deluxe fabric, they feel as amazing on, as they make your body look! The Spanx Structured Leggings are an extremely versatile wardrobe essential. You can wear them with boots and a loose fit knit in colder months or with trainers and a cute T-shirt in warmer weather.
I love the”sports luxe” look, especially as a busy mom, who is in and out of the car most of the day. Although functional, the look is still sexy and put-together!
The thing I love most about Spanx leggings, is the extra body confidence they give you, as they fit in all the right places. As well as flattering all your good bits, they hide your potential problem areas, which you are less confident about. The most important aspect of body confidence is to love the body you have and to learn how to dress it, to help accentuate your best features! So all in all the Spanx leggings get a big thumbs up from me!
Have you tried any of the Spanx products before? If you have or would like to know more about the leggings, please leave a comment below.
Product details:
RRP R 1,455.00. For a list of stockist please visit the PDL Distributors Website. Fabric: 89% Polyester, 11% Spandex/Elastin. Exclusive of Trim. Care Instructions: Machine Wash Cold, with like colors. Do not use fabric softener, Do Not Bleach, Tumble Dry Low, Low iron if needed.
Disclosure Ranking: 2
Label Collections
At the end of last year, I visited the showroom of one of our Summer Makeover sponsors, Label Collections and I thought I would share some of their gorgeous creations with you.
LABEL Collections founder and chief designer Nadia Turton, has always had a keen interest in fashion. She began her fashion journey in the retail industry, where she learned the basics and established her own sense of fashion. She then went on to graduate from Cape Tech, with a degree in fashion design, in 2001. After spending two years in London, familiarising herself with international style trends, she returned to Cape Town. Nadia gained further fashion experience in Cape Town, designing for retailers Truworths, Foschini and Edgars before finally launching her own fashion brand – LABEL Collections.
As you may know I am a bit of a fashion junkie, so I relished the opportunity of browsing through all Nadia’s stylish designs.
Label Collections is a locally designed and manufactured fashion brand, consisting of two lines – Labelfemme and Labellamere.
The Labelfemme fashion range is aimed at the modern woman, who has a unique sense of style and also values function and comfort. Nadia uses beautifully flowing fabrics and adds subtle nuances of feminine lace and pops of colour to further enhance her designs. Labelfemme consists of relaxed casual pieces for everyday wear, as well as stunning bespoke evening wear.
I loved the colour palette of the Label Collections summer line – featuring among others, one of my favourite combinations, of aqua and white!
Labellamere is a trendy fashion range for the mom-to-be. There is, after all, no reason pregnant woman should not be fashionable! Again the designs are created using soft billowing fabrics, which help enhance, rather than hide, the beauty of the pregnant form.
Label Collections also design a fab range of accessories and belts, the perfect addition to any wardrobe. the stylist I have being working with stressed that every fashion conscious gal needs at least one good quality leather belt in her wardrobe! I am in love with these belts, especially the broad, leather, figure belts!
If you would like to find out more about this fabulous fashion brand and one of our amazing sponsors, then pop over to the Label Collections website or you can visit their show room, which is situated in the Manhattan Building, 60 Hopkins Street, Salt River, Cape Town or contact Nadia on +27 (021) 447 3456.
Fashion Favourites
Fashion Favourites Featuring David Tlale. Gorgeous designs from his MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK WINTER 2013 collection. I am really enjoying the gold fashion trend this season, so luxurious and I love the use of pattern in these beautiful gowns! I wonder what he has in store for the MBFWCT this year?
To see more of David Tlale’s creations visit his website here.