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YowaYowa Camera girl.

YowaYowa is a camera woman who lives in Tokyo with two cats. She takes photos of levitation and cats. Well of her levitating and of her cats... well not they're not levitating. It's pretty cool and it also reaffirms why I wish I was born Asian they're so cool, weird and original without even trying.

 Check out her site here.

One for the boys

Boys please dress more like this... Ok thanks.

And less like this...

Wife beaters are no longer an acceptable form of apparel. 

The burning house

It's a pretty simple concept. If your house was burning down what would be the last things you grabbed before your house went up in flames? It's a battle between what's practical and what's sentimental. What could you never forgive yourself for leaving behind? Any one from anywhere in the world can submit and just give a basic description of the stuff in the photo. I love this blog it's so simple and really makes you re-evaluate what is really important to you and what is ultimately just stuff? For one thing after becoming slightly addicted and spending a few hours looking through strangers posts I thought to myself, "Would I really run back into my burning house to grab my converse sneakers? Probably not, but it seems shoes are pretty important to about 70% of the people submitting these posts. I found that strange, however many would probably find what I decide to take strange too. Here are some of my favourite ones.

Frankie, 29, Scotland here's her description : "I wondered around my house, looking at the ornaments and memories that filled it.  I collected a few things, even photographed them.  But somehow they didn’t seem to fit together. And then I looked down, at my feet, and realized that all I needed or wanted to ‘save’ from the burning house was me."

This has to be one of my favourite ones. It' so simple and sentimental. Mine would probably look like this. Nicole,29, South Carolina her motivation :" great grandmother’s four leaf clover pin

A special letter from my beau

A special letter from my great grandmother

My grandfather’s gospel music recordings

A piece of wallpaper torn from my childhood home.

Ok so I have a feeling this could be my future husband just based on his selection of stuff and the fact that his favourite book is the same as mine. My previous choice in suitors may not showcase this but I'm a sucker for intellectuals. Ty is from New York, yip he could definitely be my future husband

Ok so this last one I have included just because it is absolutely ridiculous. How could you possibly want to take all that stuff??? I fear Sean from Brooklyn might just go up in flames. Check out some more here.

Calling all bloggers

So this has been done in Cape Town like a bajillion times and it evidently works so well. Finally now the awesome concept has been brought to the good old city of Gold. Bloggers all shapes and sizes are now invited to to a forum to meet the faces behind their favourite blogs (provided they turn up). That is not all, there are also tons of awesome spot prizes on the night. great opportunity to meet and greet find out the inspiration behind other blogs and maybe even so collaborations. find out all you need to know here.

Freddy Sam

So this is a local artist doing work everywhere and anywhere. Ever heard the expression the world is your canvas??? He takes it literally and makes intriguing pieces that cover city walls. He’s been doing murals on walls for over 12 years and incorporates people from all walks of life into his work!You can check his site out here. Love his work can’t wait to see more of it!

Africa inspires Louis Vuitton...again.

It seems as if  Africa has been the inspiration for more than one major collection this year. Louis Vuitton’s Spring Summer 2012 collection features the iconic red shuka worn by the Kenyan Maasai tribe.The fashion show held in Paris last week showcased the men’s wear designs by Kim Jones. He is the Men’s Style Director, who signed his debut collection for Louis Vuitton under the Artistic Direction of Marc Jacobs.

“Growing up in Africa, living with little lizards, snakes and elephants or being chased by baboons — it never really goes away,” said Jones, in the NY Times, referring to family life in the wild with his hydrogeologist father.The designer calls his new work “my dream job,” marveling about how quickly things can be made in the vast, but focused, luxury group. His experiments for the spring/summer 2012 season include wood work, as a play both on Africa and on the carpentry that was essential to make Louis Vuitton trunks in the 1920s and ’30s.

This however not the first time the label has drawn inspiration from Africa. If you think back to Spring 2007  they had their Ghana-must-go bag. Africa’s checkered bag which many of us would recognise was elevated to a symbol of luxury once the label used it. Also a Vogue reviewer described Louis Vuitton’s Spring 2009 collection as ‘Josephine Baker African razzmatazz’.

Seems as if more and more designers are turning to Africa and associating the continent with luxury as opposed to destitution. Well they’ve done it more than once and Burberry also did it this year. Try as they might they cant duplicate our swag. Love the red flamboyant scarves though. Overall Kim Jones can do no wrong in my eyes.