Fashionably Late, like it’s about time!

Life is beautiful, as confirmed by the garments, the atmosphere and the setting of the Arise African Fashion Week. Been a while since an event this exciting has been hosted in Jozi, exciting in the sense that Africa was getting repped big time and not just for South Africans. We know Jozi is always exciting, bless.

Mzanzi’s local fashion hot shots got to create a pan African buzz along side other African fashion hot hits like Tiffany Amber out of Nigeria, Anna Getaneh’s African Mosaique out of Ethiopia, and the slightly political Sandra Muendane from Mozambique. It was the killerest thing going never mind the soccer madness happening at the same time. Unlike the soccer there were no live broadcasts, you definitely had to be there to experience the electricity especially at the hottest shows. Thula Sindi anyone, now featuring colour, Oooow! What about killer kat walk at Klûk CGDT, leopard print baby! And hell yeah, Carducci’s C² school blazer inspired youthful suits given a penny whistle work out by Kwela Tebza and the multi coloured mohawk dance sensation Show Stoppers.

Hot young things, cool young things, gay err… things, fishy things, faux pas old things, gallons of Glaceau’s Vitamin Water all made for one heck of an interesting week out in Jozi… except those cops that had to be bribed with the African pound not to do their jobs! That European dude who got relived of his forex in Rustenburg got off lightly only parting with 15 quid, try 200 big ones! So all you World Cup fanatics insert a minor premium in your budgets, call it protection… and keep it in foreign currency. The only positive thing was the very gentlemanly manner the entire muggery was handled with. It is reassuring that at least in Africa when authority mugs you, they have the good breeding to say please, thank you and good night.

Big up Boniswa @ Totalexposure, Simon (for the photos) AFI, This Day (and their glossy baby Arise mag) I think South Africans have forgiven…☺

Rise you African Mofos!

Quick one from the heart, no pretty pics etc... And so, Arise has come to Mzanzi in a big way. One look at this undertaking and that whole This Day fiasco of several years ago is dust. Africans Rise... dude Nigerians doing it in Mzanzi in a big way.. do Naijas know any other way? Nah! And as should every single African out there. Its a Fashion week on the surface, but (YOU this is Afirica and we love big buts!) The whole thing is about us, yes it is some dresses your grannies might curse you for, for showing too much, but its done by faces just like yours and mines. Yo don't discount any other faces that may look like they are from afar, African comes from a lot further than that.


Back to those Naijas, Fela said it "We are all Nigerians, we are all Africans." The man didn't talk shit he did shit. Arise is here doing shit, AFI is like the killerest thing to come guns blazing out of this fashion sunset brought on by an uncertain world, and these fashion soldiers ain't playin. If any of you doubt, like DOUBT! that Africa is being accorded, afforded and being rewarded for being herself... come see me I wil set you straight, real real quick.

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Moon Bathing

The moon decided to put on a spectacular show. However, the moon is only living off reflected sun so we had to throw in some stars to counter balance the ice cold beauty. A long exposure and a flash to catch something nearer to home set the mood right. Hold tight, it gets better.
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