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 black-tie options. He didn’t own a tux, we...
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 days. But I’ve become progressively more interested...
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 Africa in general — more fun than fashion in the United States. (No...
#Gauteng52, Week 19: Where Basotho Blankets Are Made
Welcome to Week 19 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I will visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week I visit Aranda Textile Mills, home of the Basotho blanket. Basotho blankets are not made in Lesotho, the...
Heather Mason
I’m an American writer/blogger/photographer living a quirky life in Johannesburg. Follow along as I explore Johannesburg, South Africa, and the rest of the world.