Return of the fullpiece

If like me you are so not ready for that bikini yet, you will be glad to know that it's all about the fullpiece, it's pared down and grown up. This is from Black Coffee
Black Coffee
Lunar- love the lace ribbon effect
Terence Bray, also a great cover up

If I had to choose a bikini, I would go with Terence Bray's great 50's style one!

from runway to realway

This was the number I had to have, my first purchase from Tiaan! Took her dancing, felt like a princess, a definite winner

Clive Rundle

When Clive spoke about recycling, we had no idea that it would involve his own couture garments being taken apart and painstakingly reworked into something completely new and fresh!
It was like trainspotting, wondering which era the next garment had come from, considering the labels long history...
The looks were layered with second hand men's jackets which were deconstructed and became pockets, collars and detailing.
An exciting range that all at ELLE fell in love and lust with...

Story

Enjoyed the crafted detachable collars, a definite must have!

Great silk maxi dress with hand painted print detail, a beach holiday essential

Mantsho

Palesa's use of colour and print in her fabric was sublime

This is street couture

The garments were constructed with engineered precision

Kluk CGDT

The showstopper, loved the fringing on the inner coat

The inspiration was their favourite things, a little girls idea of playing dress up in a playful fairytale world

Beautiful sequined cardigan, with a vintage feel. These are ELLE's top 3 looks from the show

ELLE wins again at Sanlam SAFW Journalism Awards

ELLE features director Tamara Rothbart has won the prestigious Sanlam South Africa Fashion Journalism Awards for the second year in a row.
Rothbart scooped the fashion writing category with her article I am Koto Bolofo in ELLE.
Jenny Andrews won the visual fashion editing category for her Licensed to Thrill feature published in Business Day's Wanted magazine.

ELLE's features director Tamara Rothbart and Ferial Haffajee, the Mail & Guardian's ever-stylish editor and one of the judges.


Wanted's contributing fashion editor Jenny Andrews with editor Gary Cotterell. Wanted has won the Advantage ADmag Gold Award for ‘Best Magazine Supplement’ for two years running.


Dancers show off Abigail Betz dresses in an innovative performance by the newly-formed Mzanzi Productions dance company. Using ballet and other dance movement techniques, they displayed designs by Black Coffee, Ephymol, Julian Couture, De Mil, Ruby, Strange Love, Stoned Cherrie and Clive Rundle.


Underwear by Ruby.
Julian Couture on points.

Clive Rundle - the images are a bit blurry but you get the picture.

Abigail Betz

Abigail was all about spring gardens, fresh flowers, ruffles and roses, clouds and romance

Seen out and about

Sibling love, great neck detailing
Suzaan Heyns intricate plaited leather piece
ELLE loves The Smarties, as seen in our September issue

Tiaan Nagel

Look at the draping on this Techno fabric, Tiaan achieved this by using silk with a parachuting weave which was industrially heat washed to make it more pliable. This gave an amazing wobbly paper effect!
I am completely in love with the monochromatic minimalism of this dress...

We loved the jewellery by Marchandt, and the sheer skeletal feel of the collection
One of Tiaan's favourite pieces