GRAZIA MAGAZINE SA

you know when you go shopping with friends, you get to discover that a lot of things you take for granted are usually the best. i always looked at the old fashion mags, i call them ancestor mags, they've been here for a while, and honestly... they are growing out of me or I'm growing out of them, either way I'm falling out of love with them. recently i went shopping with my best friends, and one of them picked up a fashion magazine in one of the stores, just to browse through, GRAZIA MAGAZINE. Ive seen magazines, Ive read magazine, Ive liked them on facebook, everything you can possibly think of... but i have never seen such a refreshing, vibrant, and out of the ordinary magazine. there are a few others that i like, but for now, GRAZIA CAUGHT MY EYE. its one of those fashion magazine where you want to see more, the moment you reach the back page, you go uhhhhhhh! wishing there were a few more pages. i love it, its fashion at its best.

just a sneak pic of what you can find in the magazine

pictures available at: http://www.graziadaily.co.za


if you wanna see more, then you got to go get your own copy of the weekly fashion magazine, its to die for.

I'm all for winter and being warm in winter, but i have a problem with people who are so scared of the cold that they end up wearing, 5 tshirts, two pants, 5 leggings, every outfit they have in their closet, all in the quest of being warm. THAT'S DISASTROUS.  you can be warm in a few clothes, you know what the trick is? buy warm clothes. i went on a holiday in mpumalanga, just to relax and eat the bones of the mind, LOL. i saw the most horrific fashion sense there, i see it in Johannesburg too.... i guess these people are not exposed to blogs, the TV, magazines etc. and i don't really expect everyone to be fashion literate, but i do expect people to read and at least care enough to look good.

if theres one thing Ive learned, is to buy clothes that will look good and warm in winter, but the same clothes should be wearable in spring or summer too. I'm all for skirts and dresses this winter, wear them with warm leggings or stalkings, a warm cropped jacket, ankle boots preferably metallic.
talking about metallic, almost every one is in to it.... i love it too, i think its refreshing and out of the ordinary, be it shoes, a jacket, or pants.... they all work for me. u just have to know how to execute an awesome look. i always say, make a statement where ever you are..... metallic might work for you. METALLIC IS BOLD....... here are a couple of ideas on how you can work it out:

your life might just change if you knew how to dress well.

WINTER STREET STYLE

 I'm lost for words..... you know the nice thing about the net is that, you get to discover a lot of things, things you know they cant be found any where else but the WWW...
I'm all for the boyfriend look above, i love love love it. its so fresh.
I LOVE FRESH.
i guess you know by now, I'm not your typical kind of a girl, whom you just know shes gonna look a certain way, I'm different, and i love being different, that's why I'm attracted to things that are very unique.
Ive tried being simple, it doesn't work.
 i sometimes just go to net for fun you know.... just to look at what the rest of the world is wearing. but when i do find something that i like, it has to go to my blog, no doubt.
now that in south Africa, winter has finally kicked in, i so the need to search for some interesting looks, i found a lot, but this looks are the ones that made the cut for mapz-lafashion.
i know you'll love them as much as i do.
this are just a few ideas of how you might wanna look like this winter.

#BOSSO KE ZANDY

 her name is zandy from mpmalanga province in south Africa.... in sotho they say "bosso ke mang" (whose boss).... in this case, its zandile.... i always tell people not to go unnoticed... for me that's a crime, that's why where ever i am, someone has to see me... if i dont get any attention.... i cringe, that's just who i am.
but its not about me now is it.... well zandy and i come from the same hood, probably even the same high school... and we got married to the same man (fashion).
shes not your typical stylish girl, shes keeps you guessing, atleast she keeps me guessing.... she is a jaw dropper. she is definitely not predictable, and she gets you thinking.
I'm not a follower of the latest fashion trends, i set trends, but hey i cant help but follow stylish girls, it's an addiction.
her style is simple but out there... not every girl can pull off such a simple and yet very stylish kind of a look.
style is not about wearing your whole closet all at the same time, or wearing all your bangles all at once, i like people who make a simple look, look so not simple anymore.
I'm all for accessories, and clearly she is too... maybe that is  why I'm so in love with her. shades, earrings, necklaces, bangles, the works.... what i love about the picture below is how she Incorporated the whole look with the hair band and the bra stripe.... I'm not even going to say much about the shades, she resembles me.... LOL i guess we love the same things. i am so tired of people going for the ordinary.... i want to see people who are not scared of embracing the art of fashion, and those shades are extraordinary.

i don't know about the colourful jeans that everybody has this days... they are nice but not for me, i don't follow the crowd.... i love the top though......it has a bit of funk, and it goes well with the pants.. i really don't have much to say about the picture, its not something new.

the picture says look at me... this is a turn around look, my kind of a thing...

short dresses.... everyone know me as a staunch supporter of shorts, but hey, i have my seasons, now I'm all for long skirts, but really now, truth be told, this is one hot number.

ahhhhha! I'm in love with her tops.... and shades.

this i can wear, the colours are well put together.... i might even wear the red pants pants too. I'm all for colour i always preach that... and i wear colour, i don't play.

nice pumps, i also love the pink pants..... and the doek.

zandy is one hot sexy mama, no doubt about that, shes one of the few stylish people i know in mpumalanga.... i must say though, she qualifies to give out advice on fashion.

THEY ARE SHORT BUT TIGHT TOO

AVAILABLE ON : http://www.nastygal.com/

ME LOVE THIS

solange is one of the celebrities i usually follow.... as much as the talent is there, i wanna see some style. nothing bores me like a celeb with no sense of style.... no matter how talented you are, all that talent just hides under the shadow of looking like a mess. for me a mess is someone with no sense of style, it doesn't have to be a mess per se... but i sometimes cant get over someone looking like a total mess....
one thing i admire most about solange is the way she wear her doeks... she has a lot of them and she definitely knows how to rock them. i want them in all colours.... i adore doeks.