One Direction have an almost supernatural control of a large portion of young women (and some older one’s too) even though their music isn’t exactly ground-breaking. They’ve gone on to sell zillions of records to fans and have now branched out into the world of fragrances. The 1D (that’s what they’re called by savvy journos) [...]
Category: "Fashion/Design"
Design your own PUMA kicks
We’ve got some pretty good news for fashionistas and die hard fans of legit custom kicks – the PUMA store in Braamfontein is giving fans the opportunity to design their own kicks and win some super hawt merchandise this Winter. The PUMA Braamfontein store is now home to the Creative Factory suitcase. This suitcase allows [...]
Male Models sing Daft Punk – Get Lucky
This particular video shows that male models can be versatile and multi-talented… ok not really. The film was created for the 2013 CFDA Awards, using male models to sing Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” while showcasing the collections of Thom Browne, Michael Bastian and Duckie Brown, all nominated for the CFDA’s “Menswear Designer of the Year.” [...]
#ThePantoneProject matches real life photographs with Pantones (Design Porn Alert!)
Over the past couple of years, working closely with designers on day to day projects has developed my taste for design and colour – I can appreciate a good use the Pantone colour for the season when I see one. Chicago-based photographer and storyteller Paul Octavious has just embarked on a rather interesting mission that [...]
Burger King Hands Free Kit – Now nothing can stop you from eating
In some more ridiculous news, Burger King Puerto Rico and DLC/Ogilvy & Mather have collaborated to celebrate the fast food joint’s 50th anniversary by designing and giving away a hands-free burger eating kit. Using their CRM database, they managed to identify their 50 most loyal burger eating customers (so basically their fattest?) and rewarded them [...]
JC Penney’s Hitler Kettle Billboard
Here’s one way to make sure that you sell out of a particular brand of home appliance – make it look like Hitler. US retailer J. C. Penney have managed to ship all stock of a kettle that looks suspisciously like the Jew-hating nasty ex-German leader. Not convinced? Well have a look at the billboard [...]
Lacoste launches the Capsule Collection (inspired by Japanese Manga)
Lacoste L!ve has a new capsule collection of t-shirts and polos featuring the works of Japanese manga team Tezuka Productions, inspired by the characters in Osamu Tezuka’s much acclaimed comics. I’ve also been a massive fan of manga and Osamu Tezuka (who was pretty much the Japanese equivalent of Walt Disney), which is why this [...]
PUMA Creative Factory Exhibition
PUMA are showcasing the end products of the PUMA Creative Factory ‘Love Thy Planet’ campaign along with the work of their chosen ambassadors in a 7-day exhibition taking place at Coast Studio in Newton, Johannesburg, from this Thursday 18 April to Wednesday 24 April. PUMA collaborated with 10 brand ambassadors from Cape Town and Johannesburg [...]
UCT RAG Fashion Extravaganza 2013
UCT RAG is one of those university affiliated organisations that is always doing it’s best to help Shawco in making the lives of those less fortunate better. There latest endeavour to raise funds comes in the form of a fashion extravaganza going down at The Sideshow in Cape Town. It will feature models (duh) and [...]








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