Joburg Thrifting: Winter 2026
The seed for this Joburg thrifting post was planted last Thursday, when I walked out of De Baba in Melville and spotted some colorful clothes fluttering in the breeze on the other side of [...]
What to Wear for Madame Zingara
Last night I attended Madame Zingara, a dinner show that recently re-opened in Joburg at a fantastical desert palace outside Melrose Arch. I have no idea how to explain, either in words or in [...]
A Taste of Joburg: Makotis Fabric Store in Northcliff
I’ve been so busy catching up on posts about my recent travels around South Africa, I’ve hardly had time to blog about Joburg since the 2Summers relaunch last month. Before I run off on [...]
Jozi People: Sipho Mackenzie, Fashion Pioneer
I recently bumped into Sipho Mackenzie at a party. Although we'd met a few months before, I was so dazzled by Sipho's look (the youngsters would call it a lewk) that I couldn't immediately [...]
My Joburg Jumpsuit: A Love Story
This jumpsuit love story began eight months ago, when I booked a Caraci experience on Airbnb to celebrate my birthday. Thorsten and I spent a glorious day in the Joburg CBD, shopping for African [...]
Swap Movement: Joburg’s Clothes Swap Phenomenon
I've developed a great interest in clothes, as most of you know, especially locally designed and thrifted clothes. And clothes-swapping -- the act of exchanging clothing items with others, rather than buying new or [...]
Joburg Thrifting: Winter 2023
I'm obsessed with Joburg thrifting (see here, here, and here) and the more I shop second-hand, the more I realize it's almost never necessary to buy new things. There are so many great places [...]
Jozi Fashion Designer for a Day
Last Saturday, to celebrate 49 years on earth, I gave myself a gift: I booked an Airbnb experience with Caraci Clothing and pretended to be a fashion designer for the day. Okay, "fashion designer [...]
Youth Day Warmup for the Brixton Light Festival
After last year's Brixton Light Festival, lots of people read my blog post and were sad they missed the festival and asked how they could be sure not to miss the next one. So [...]
Black-Tie, Jozi-Style
I recently joined the Rand Club, which holds a couple of black-tie events each year. When it came time to attend our first fancy function, the Club's 135th-anniversary gala, Thorsten and I considered his [...]
Lockdown Journal: Day 44 (Mask Fashion)
Read all my lockdown journal posts. It's Lockdown Day 44 in South Africa. I bought a new mask. Lockdown photo 44: Mask fashion. I'm becoming less and less interested in just about everything these [...]
Fashion Makeover with Dr. Pachanga
As I've said before, I consider myself to be an unfashionable person. But the longer I live in South Africa, the more fashionable I feel. I find the fashion in South Africa -- and [...]