Fashion Follow Friday

This week's Fashion Follow Friday goes to....YOUR HEART...

.........not the literal muscle that transports blood through-out our bodies, u silly lol :-) but your dreams, aspirations, desires and all your sources of happiness.

Follow your heart for it will lead you to loads of amazing treasures and there isn't a thing as liberating as doing exactly what your heart desires (within reason of course).

 

I believe our hearts play a certain kind of music that only us can listen to and comprehend. Its up to you to act on that music...and this post is to encourage you to listen to and act on THAT particular music your heart plays to you.

My music is Fashion....Education; all forms of learning and discovering new things (I have an eager mind), photography and its high time I also followed my heart.
 

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures" - Thornton Wilder

Follow your dreams......follow your hearts.

Love: NKS.!

PS: This is NOT a cheesy post.....think about it.

Who Wore What At The Channel O Music Video Awards

Last Thursday I attended a very well-organized ( though some may choose to differ) event. The set-up of the awards was great and the theme was aviation inspired...we had good looking pilots (Lungile Radu *yum*) and lots of sexy air-hostesses hosting the awards.

The hosts: left - Lungile Radu and So You Think You Are Funny  presenter and 'A place called home' actor-Thomas Gumede.

Here are red-carpet pics of our favorite celebs;

Thembi Seete in a Gert-Johan Coatzee Design.

Black Coffee and his first lady Enhle..Mbali. Is she pregnant?

DJ Zinhle looking good in red. I still feel she should have shaved her legs...#MyOpinion

Left:  Make-up artist Nthato Mashishi and On the right: Gert-Johan Coatzee of GJC Couture 

Uyanda Mbuli...I swear this lady NEVER puts her stylish foot wrong.

Penny Lebyane : That skirt, words fail me.! Tjooo

My favorite Guy of all time: Pro (he got rid of the kid..LOL) He got an award for Most Gifted Video Southern Africa and when he received it he said "I didn't prepare a speech coz I'm famous for not winning." LOL *dzeath*

All in all the event was amazing and short and sweet. Pity I couldn't attend the after-party.

Next on my calender are the Metro FM Music Awards in Nelspruit on the 27th of November.....I hope Mbombela is ready for me and my friends. *whoop whoop*

CREDITS: These pictures were taken from the Sowetan Website (www.sowetanlive.co.za)

Fashion Follow Friday

Fashion Follow Friday is new to this blog. The rules of Fashion Follow Friday are fairly simple...we pick a local celebrity (male or female) and we basically just Follow their style every Friday...thus Fashion Follow Friday...simple.!


Our debut Fashion Follow Friday celebrity is none other than....*drumroll* Uyanda Mbuli. This woman's fashion sense needs no introduction at all, she is the epitome of the words 'Style Icon'.  For those who may not know her, (now I'm wondering which rock you have been leaving under.....yes I'm judging you.!) here is what you need to know.

1. She is a South African Style Icon (In case I haven't mentioned it *chuckle*)

2. She is the owner of Diamond Face Couture, widely known as "DFC"

3. She is a FULL-TIME public servant in the Gauteng Government as the Head of Communications for the Department of Economic Developmen, she has a B.Com degree from the University of the Western Cape: a Diploma in Sales and Marketing and a Certificate in Project Management from RAU (WOW, gotta RESPECT her)

4.  She is now an Ambassador of International cosmetic label "La Mer" and has a social diary on the South African PEOPLE magazine called "The Fabulous Circle".....how fabulous :-)

5. She is a wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend,inspiration to a LOT of young women ( myself included) and we just love her so much.

Even though her style (and hair colour) has evolved over the years, one thing has remained: Uyanda has always been a woman of style.  

Uyanda was wearing Tutus and figure belts long before some of us were even aware of what style was. She is a trend - setter of note.

With her husband.

This pic just sums (in a nutshell) everything she is...and more.

CREDITS: Most pictures and information taken from Uyanda's website: http://www.uyandambuli.com/

Keep up the great work Uyanda, u are a great inspiration to many people and we love your ever so dearly.

Shopping Woes

Yesterday I decided I had to get a proper dress to wear to the Channel O Music Video Awards...off to Eastgate I went.

I had limited time as most shops close at 6PM ( Last minute shopping, I never learn)...anyhoo, I first went to YDE and saw a lovely dress that swept me off my feet, *talk about love at first sight*, this was so until I tried it on and it showed me flames. Its soo revealing, I'd have to be some mutation from Lady Gaga to wear it.

The dress looks stunning, no doubt about that but try it on and u feel like you have been cheated by insurance underwriters, its very revealing. So I left it.

I then made my way to Truworths, where I finally bought my ensemble. I fear buying from a retail shop for such events *not to sound snobbish but its a real fear* I'd rather have a dress made for me, (trust me its cheaper). I bought a stunning pink dress which I wont upload here ...YET.

I was so troubled I tweeted the following:

"OMG have u ever bought a dress and PRAYED that no-one else wears it on the same nyt as u?? To the same event? Oh lawd.!! "

"Or that they put your dress on the window? #RetailShopsFears" 

"Taking a risk with this dress... *engulfed by fear* "

At last, I decided that so what if someone else wears it, really...so what??

*Still crossing fingers though ;-) *

Nudes are the new black.

Forget black, nudes are the new black.! The other day I was shopping around for a dress to wear to the Channel O Music Video Awards coming this Thursday (2010-11-04) *I still don't have the dress by the way* and I tell you, nudes have taken over.

Being as fashion cautious as I am * heek heek* I got myself nude Kangol lipstick, nude accessories and everything BUT the dress I was out to buy in the first place *sigh*.

Visit YDE, Robot, Foschini, Rage.....and generally shop around for some nude fest.

(Picture: Courtesy of @YDETweets)

The New Face of LEGIT!

Legit Clothing Store is known for using local celebrity faces who design their clothing lines and have them sold at various Legit stores country wide. Bless the soul who came up with this idea, its a great initiative...sort of gives one a glimpse into 'the stylish minds' of their favorite celebrities and I can almost say, its unique to Legit Stores *I stand to be corrected*. Kudos Legit.! 

The new face of Legit Clothing Store is none other than.....*drumroll* ...Sade Giliberti.!! We all remember Sade from her YoTV days and she is currently the presenter of SABC's 'So You Think Yuu Can Dance."  Congratulations to Sade, hope your range will live up to the hype.

The fierce Sade:

I did expect some tom-boyish-ism from Sade and a picture says a thousand words:

Interesting range, I love it already....this cute dress sold me to it:

Sade joins the likes of Noni Gasa, Bonang Matheba and Zizo Beda in being the celebrity face of Legit:

Noni Gasa:
Not sure how successful her range was but she sure is one stylish fashionista.!

Bonang Matheba:
Bonang, is the definition of South Africa's "IT" girl. Her range sold faster than hot cakes and I must say, the clothes were superb, I even got myself a few items. The jeans, had a perfect fit and the T-shirts; I could go on and on. Your Girl B* (as she is affectionately known) has moved into bigger and better as she now has her own handbag range: Baby Star!, check it out on her website:http://www.bonangmatheba.com/

Zizo Beda:
This former Miss SA Teen is more than just a pretty face, she is currently the local face of Garnier, owns her own entertainment company and is still a Selimathunzi presenter! The designs on her range with Legit were amazing, the ultimate girly-girly stuff, pity, the same cannot be said the same about the material though :-(. I hope Sade's will be better.

OH My GAGA....'Meat' Me At The MTV VMAs

She's done it before for Vogue Magazine (Japan) in a 'Bikini' and decided to do it for MTV, in a 'Dress'....you have got to love her.

Lady Gaga has gotten a lot of tongues waging  over one of her MTV Music Video Awards outfit.....and 'meat' is the bone of contention.!

The outfit that got PETA beefing with Gaga *pun intended* LOL:

She even got a hat and purse to match... I say "keeeyout" *cute*:

Of course I have to admit that I am biased when it comes to Lady Gaga. I love her for being; unapologetic, emancipated, artistic and for having sooo much presence, my word.! She's herself and if you don't like her...u'll have to deal with that alone or with whoever else might be interested. Not only did she get the world talking, she also won 8 awards that night....Go Gaga.!! But on a serious note, who am I to judge? I eat meat and wear leather, in fact, so do most of the people complaining.

The Design:

Here is what she had to say for herself on the Ellen Degeneres' show (Ellen is a vegan and presented a veggie bikini to Lady Gaga *Love Ellen's sense of humour*)..:

"Well, it is certainly no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian. As you know, I am the most judgment-free human being on the earth,however, it has many interpretations but for me this evening: If we don't stand up for what we believe in and if we don't fight for our rights pretty soon we're going to have as much rights as the meat on our own bones."

Lady Gaga is no stranger to outlandish outfits so why are people worked out over her meat dress?? Let her be.!!

At the 2009 VMAs:

And you get surprised when she wears meat, have you seen these?:

All I can say is "G-A-G-A Ooooh la la, G-A-G-A Ooooh la la."

In MY Perfect World (Sentimental)

So everyday I think of ways to be more of what I want to be and not what I have to be (look deeper into it, it will eventually make sense).

I am a big big dreamer...cues Hansa's ad "u Vuyo is such a big, big dreamer." LOL I dream of my perfect world and my mission is to work towards that world and have this vivid scrap book containing picture of my perfect world, in my mind... so here goes;

IN THE PERFECT WORLD - I have already finished my Honors and Masters Degrees in IT (this I have to do simply because I love the feeling of starting something and finishing it, that feeling of achieving something that feeling that not even money can buy), I have a Degree in Fashion Buying and Merchandising....

I travel the world scouting for beautiful things....I attend international fashion shows the same way black folk attend church...lol. I also have some qualification and in-depth in Photography...I love beautiful things and aint no better way of capturing them than through photography.

I wake up, cook (I don't even like cooking that much nor am I that good at it but in the perfect world I do mmmkay), host dinner parties at my very OWN place; your cheese and wine parties...yeah. I spend time with my three best friends, when and as I please.

In the perfect world I weigh 55Kilograms, have no cellulite, wear size 30 and have the most flawlessly perfect skin...*"vain-some" much* LOL. In the perfect world I am the most amazing guardian parent to my late sister's kids.

In the perfect world, I drive a white BMW 1 Series (3 Door).

Until I get there, I'm gonna work towards that perfect world....one day at a time, one dream at a time.!

For The GOSSIP GIRL In All Of Us

I recently just started watching Gossip Girl on SABC3, "Welfare TV 3" - as we like to refer to it on Twitter http://twitter.com/Coco1808 (we just said goodbye to Season 2 and I already cant wait for Season 3). YES, I did not get the Gossip Girl memo while I was at varsity, so excuse me while I blog LOL.

I watch Gossip Girl for a LOT of reasons but none as prominent as my love for their wardrobe, word.! Can we have a moment of silence for that wardrobe *................* Thank you. It is TDF ( to-die-for).

Everytime I watch Gossip Girl I churn with jelousy at the ability of each girl to project her personality through beautiful, beautiful .......abso-freaking-lutely beautiful clothes. 

My favourite Gossip Girl qeeens.

 1. Blair

Blair, Blair, Blair.....not only does she have the most interesting character, she has the most sophisicated wardrobe I have ever seen on a high school kid, one could swear she is Royalty. Blair is the ultimate defination of an 'uptown girl'. Everything of hers is ALWAYS in place. She always looks like she stepped out of a Coco Chanel catalog.

How to achieve Blair's look:

#Tailored classic pieces ( dresses, skirts, coats, jerseys, shoes that are to-die-for)...lots of them

#Headbands and lots of girly details

#Lively colors

#Tights

#You will also need the airs and grace of a Queen to pull this look off.

* Personally, this can never be my daily look, I need an event to dress like Blair.Oh and Blair NEVER wears pants...any type of pants EVER.!

2. Serena

Wow, this one for me just hits the spot...the way 'X' marks a spot LOL. I absolutely adore Serena's wardrobe, it is similar to mine in a lot of ways (she obviously has MORE and MUCH costly ensembles than I do). Its funky, playful and very much inspired by Kate Moss. Serena is not afraid to take risks with her look and leave you wondering 'wow, I never thought that would look good together, nice'.

How to achieve Serena's look:

#Jackets ... *She doesn't just wear any jackets, detail is EVERYTHING. *PS: The best places to shop for these is vintage shops and second hand shops *best kept secret shhh* ...in Swaziland we used to call such shops "Emasekenini"  trust me on this one LOL.  

#Skinny jeans ...very much like Kate Moss and fit is the 'make-or-break' of skinny jeans.
#Dresses ...she wears her dresses with the most unexpected detail.
#Boots ....I love ALL her boots and the way she uses them as an 'accessory'.
#Layered necklaces and bangles


3. Jenny
Jenny has the kind of wardrobe that makes you wish you had the guts to pull off. She reminds me of Avril Lavigne, come to think of it, they do look alike....in a way. She is sometimes *gothic* and has SUCH an eye for fashion. Jenny knows her body and what works for her. Most of her clothes are easily available in most retail shops, you just have to have an eye for detail to master this look.

How to achieve Jenny's look:

#Hats and lots of hair accessories

#Short skirts and short dresses

#Tights

#Bright colored clothes

#Long jackets

*PS: Jenny's wardrobe is not costly, she has found what works for her and can easily make her own clothes (only for the brave hearted) as she knows how to make it work.

4. Vanessa

For me, this is one of the most interesting characters...she is not afraid to be herself, she is unique and it shows in the clothes she wears. She has a playful I-dont-take-myself-too-seriously-and-if-you-have-a-problem-with-that-too-bad look LOL. That just summarizer her look in a nutshell. She loves color and somehow always stands out in a crowd.

How to achieve Vanessa's look:

#Skinny jeans
#Funky jackets
#Black tights with short skirts and dresses
#BRIGHT colors
#Ankle boots and sneakers
#BOLD jewelery and a bold personality to match.

With all that said and done, we need to give props to the man responsible for such a *Great* wardrobe.

 His name is Eric Daman http://www.zimbio.com/Eric+Daman. He used to be assistant wardrobe designer for Sex and The City, what a great guy. Intelligent and very fashion forward. *I wish he was my friend...or personal wardrobe coach.


You know you love me;

XOXO.!