Look of the Day #3

Look of the Day by karlabosch featuring yellow high heels

Look of the Day #2

Out & About by karlabosch featuring a wide brim fedora hat

NEW! Look of the Day

Wear Me Neutral by karlabosch featuring twist jewelry

How To: Animal Print

Wild animal prints are a stylish perennial in designer fashion. 

You'll find it everywhere in all sorts of accessories and separates, so that if you wanted you could dress top to toe in leopard and scare more than the wild animals! However wild you are about this current trend, we urge you to resist the temptation of going over the top with it. 

Here are a few of my do's and don'ts of how to wear your leopard print with style.

DO choose just one power piece from your wardrobe and build your outfit from there. It might be a silk shirt in leopard, a statement handbag or a scarf. Once you've chosen that piece, select others that complement it rather than vie for attention with it.

DON'T mix other animal print pieces. Leopard and python, or leopard and zebra will just make you look like you're heading out on safari.... as one of the four legged attractions! Even mixing two different leopard pieces is probably too much in one outfit.

DO keep it simple. There is a lot going on in a leopard print, so the rest of your outfit should be in simple neutrals that pick out the leopard colours and work as a frame or background to the main print.

DO have fun with all the new accessories and animal prints out there this season. Just because I suggest you limit yourself to one leopard print at a time, doesn't mean that you can't have a different piece for each day of the week. Think leopard silk blouse over plain jeans one day, leopard jeans with a simple white tee another, that stunning leopard scarf the next day and so on.

If you haven't yet invested in a leopard print item, then you've got almost too much to choose from. 

Think about starting with a simple accessory such as a beautiful leopard print scarf, which will update a classic wardrobe with the latest trend very easily, then once you've fallen in love with this versatile and flattering animal print, you can go all out for the latest in leopard print designer jeans and silk shirts.

Shop-Label is an innovative online designer label store based in South Africa, providing up-to the minute designer fashion to online shoppers all over the world. 

Check out their stunning range of designer jeans by coveted fashion designers Current/Elliott and J Brand for some leopard print inspiration, and also browse Shop-Label's ranges of designer shirts and scarves for more great animal prints. 

Voila: Miss SA, Melinda Bam

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The 14th issue of the South African free magazine, Voila, was published 3 weeks ago. And on the cover is the current Miss South Africa, the very beautiful Melinda Bam. 

I very seldom feature local mag spreads and stories. But this one I love. For me, it is the perfect combination of twisted freaky fashion and classic beauty. I love the concept. And I had to find out some more about it! 

The photographer,Steve Marais, is who came up with the concept together with stylist Jessica Lupton, for Gaschette. 

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Media asked Steve what it was like to work with Melinda - and whether she got all diva on him. But apparently she was perfectly behaved. So much so that Steve was all gushy about how her presence filled the room the minute she walked into it. And apparently he is a cynical bastard usually.

As I have already picked up from Melinda's current reign, she has a very clear idea of what it means to be Miss SA, and how to fulfill this role. Strength of character and a great eye for fashion seem to be hallmarks of her time in the sash already.

  

Apparently all these guys (who provided the golden hands) were put into very awkward positions to get the shots just right. With much stretching and twisting of bodies - and all the associated cramping - they got the shots they had plotted out very carefully ahead of the shoot.

I'v heard in media press releases that Melinda took the whole thing incredibly well - like a trooper - even when she had a myriad of strange painted hands all over her. And if that isn't a mark of a real Beauty Queen - smile and wave through the pain - I don't know what is...

Stylist assistant - Sheena Bagshawe (a young stylist) .

Make up - Stefanie Payendee. 

Hair - Laura Kingma

Clothes - Thula Sindi, Avant Apparel, Black Coffee.

KLuK CGDT

Jewelry - While Browns, Jewel Africa and Thomas Sabo

Well done everyone!!

(as seen on ZAlebs.com)

http://www.zalebs.com/category/photo-galleries/fashion-photo-galleries/

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