Posh? Oh My Gosh! The Theme For The 2013 Durban July

Posh? Oh My Gosh! The Theme For The 2013 Durban July

Fashionistas get ready, because the theme for the 2013 Vodacom Durban July has been set! Grab those diaries and update your social calendar! It’s the fashion event of the year and it all happens this year on Saturday, 6 July 2013 at the Greyville racecourse in Durban! Think fabulous luxury, grandeur and a return to classic race day elegance! This year’s theme “Posh? Oh My Gosh!” welcomes back the elegant roots of Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event. Posh? Oh My Gosh! invites fans and fashionistas, as well as avid punters to go all out in sheer sophistication! What to wear? Well, award-winning Durban fashion designer,…

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Gallery: Durban July 2012 Fashion Challenge & Young Designer Winners

Gallery: Durban July 2012 Fashion Challenge & Young Designer Winners

Congratulations to third year DUT student, Tammy Sturrock who stole the limelight at this year’s Vodacom Durban July, taking home the prestigious Vodacom Durban July Young Designer Award brought to you by Canon. Tammy follows in the footsteps of her brother, Brendan Sturrock. Bloemfontein designer, Mmuso Moilopai scooped the hotly contested Fashion Challenge title in her elegant hessian and checked ensemble that was beautifully finished with splashes of colour in the embroidery. Second place went to Cape Town’s Teresa Joubert with an intricately quilted cream dress that was finished with a cropped red bolero and cute apple hat, and third place went to…

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Lashes, Falsies & Fascinators for the Durban July

Lashes, Falsies & Fascinators for the Durban July

We’re counting down the days to the 2012 Durban July. Yesterday we showed you what to wear to the July with inspiration from local, South African designers. Today, we’ll show you how to get glam with stylish fascinators, falsies and fabulous, coloured lashes…. You simply can’t go to the Durban July without donning a stylish head piece! We’re absolutely loving this brightly coloured, feather fascinator from The Little Hattery on 36Boutiques.com. They promise to deliver your fascinator to you within 48 hours, so if you haven’t got your head gear, you still have time! A gorgeous fascinator needs gorgeous lashes! Coloured mascara’s are all…

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What to Wear to the 2012 Vodacom Durban July

What to Wear to the 2012 Vodacom Durban July

Can you believe it’s only five more sleeps until the much anticipated 2012 Vodacom Durban July? This weekend Durban will be abuzz with fashionistas from around the country, for one of SA’s biggest, most stylish horse racing events. No clue what to wear to this years’ theme, A Material World? Get a glimpse of what SA’s hottest designers have in mind with these images from the recent 2012 Vodacom Durban July Invited Designers’ Fashion Showcase … (check out the backstage makeup post I did on this event here) Accents of Gold in this Suzaan Heyns sheer spider-web paneled dress and it’s contrasting gold crystal shawl. African…

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