Sat Oct 2nd - The last day of SA Fashion Week

So, we started out on Wednesday the 29th and already we are not only at the end of our winter collection journey, but it also happens to be a new month!

Does anyone else see the predicament of this situation or is it just me?

Ze Year Haz Flown Pazt.

Oi.

Never worry though, with tonight's lineup ahead, the evening is sure to be the perfect Grand Finale.

First up, Lebo Mash, Nabeela, Sibu Msimang, Karen Monk Klijnstra.

Gauteng raised Lebo Mash took us back to the Retro 50's - moments of vintage met with moments of Twiggy fever, soft iced cupcakes and ice-cream parlours.

Light, soft yellows and pastel beiges and oranges teamed up with apron dresses, embroidered tapestries and high waist belts.

The high pony tail finished off the vintage look perfectly.

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Vintage chic

Designer Nabeela Akbar's winter wonderland is vibrant with all different colours and geometric shapes. Rectangles of black and grey, black and yellow, turquiose and pink and grey and red met together in a duality of cool, fun and fresh - so as to lighten up the winter.

Woolen knitted scarves and beanies reminded us of the little things winter urges us to have during the season.

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Colour duality

Sibu Msimang really explored crocheting with wool this season. Making whole dresses out of woolen crochet was by far the most exciting thing to see. Black dresses with thick, visible cream stitching and neatly tied bows at both the back and front of the dresses. A reinvention of the zip showed how the zip was used as decoration and detail rather than an application for opening a dress. Shoulder pads once again made their appearance (like the grass shoulder pads of Kutoano Molokomme) were this time knitted with wool.

Ahhh yes and lets not forget, the pinstripe!

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The crochet dress

The Black dress with visible stitching - like pinstripe

The range and Sibu

It is clear the Karen Monk Kljinstra lives in a world much different to mine. She has certainly found a way to escape reality and instead enter her imagination into a world of wacky, funky colour, pattern and contrast.

I have found that method yet - tips would be appreciated.

The outfits were constantly changing and transforming into something new and far more different than the outfit that preceded it. Layers and various eclectic takes on different trends made up the various contrasts and ideas of Karen.

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Karen's range

Paris B