Long street and the umbrella

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was never planned. I had a lot of fun on Long this past Saturday with the talented Khuthii of khuthimages.tumblr.com  . Some things don't need a lot of words. I wanna do this again, some #meetsouthafrica #meetcapetown #meetAbongwe #meetKhuthii .. lets

 

 

Gentlegiant*. "Unashamed of who I am"

The brand is called gentleGiant*, its only in its infancy stage as its basically only a year old and sales only start this year. The facebook page reads “ gentleGiant* is more than just a streetwear clothing company. We do not just sell cool great quality products, we are the gentleGiants*, unashamed, humble”.    So I decided to ask 1 of the 3 minds behind the brand a few questions in order to find out what sets them apart.

It was just 6 questions on whatsapp, cause that’s how we do, technology has made it so easy to like things. This was also going to mean that I was not gonna try and change what has been said, I was just gonna give it to you how I received it.

 

1.       The inspiration behind the line?

A: Streetwear is done wrong.

 

2.       Why do you say that?

A: We've always been inspired by the hip hop culture that's infused in poetry and skate culture in what we wear. But it's now come to a point where streetwear is made for show off, bragging and objectifying of woman. As people in the Christian faith wearing such clothes that's objectifies and pushed profanity with nothing affirming for me was a great challenge. We are here to change that. We are here to say what we wear is who we are. We need more gentle souls, humble beings even the artistic.

 

3.       The inspiration and the message behind the name?

A: Gentlegiant*. "Unashamed of who I am"

4.       What makes this brand different from all the youth culture brands that are out?

A: We are not here to reinvent streetwear culture. We are here to revolutionaries it. Clothes for the humble. The gentle.

5.       By wearing a gentle giant t or hoody, what am I saying?

A: Basically what you are saying is you are gentle. Hip hop and poetry head that wants humility and oneness back to society

"Unashamed of who you are"

GentleGiant* is big on social entrepreneurship. For every gentleGiant* cloth sold we give a portion of the revenue generated to the project "apatsa ngwana" seTswana for dress a child, we support kids from poor and child headed households to get school uniform and study material. That's what makes us different.

6.       How do I get my hands on a something from the line?

A: The website is about to go up. But for now it's directly from us. People can find us at the neighbourhood and neighbourgoods markets.

Facebook Page: gentleGiant*

 

 

 I already know what I want from the collection, Everything lol. In all honesty its always good seeing young people pushing the dream. I guess its an affirmation that, we are not all lost and that "the kids are all right". So be inspired and go out and make things happen. I am proper excited to see what the future has in store for gentleGiant*. hmmm maybe I can be a brand ambassador lol, just joking.  Its not just clothing, its a movement. yes I said it...

Sunday Best

 

This was me this past Sunday. The dress is from Woolies ( On sale YEAHHH ) and the jacket from Mr price. My attempt on Sunday best.

I even did a mini head wrap. My twists looking nice thou hey. haven't had braids in like almost 2 months thou. wont lie I miss them.  

Design Indaba 2014

Second time to the Indaba. Was very excited to see what this year was gonna have for me. With all the new things I saw and all I loved one thing was a constant, the LONG LINES.

I loved the displays and was really impressed and inspired with seeing how creative other peoples children are. Nothing was the same even the feel of this years indaba compared to last years. It was a different feel, different vibe and just all round talent on display.

I think its always a good idea that I never go to these things with alot of money cause I would be so broke. I wanted everything my eyes saw and sighed all the time. I would have needed a trolley really.

It wouldn't be a event without me taking pics of someone who didn't know I was taking pics of them. That's just how I do things. In all honesty I loved this T and I also want it. WATAHHH . ok I will stop acting like a chop

I was in a print lil dress. That's how I do things hey. I'm becoming a girl in front of  your eyes. lol ok not  that dramatic. I have have a few dresses more than I have ever had in my entire 27 and a bit years of my life. If you look behind me , the photo invader is Nwabisa. lol we see you

This was one of the displays l liked so I had to take a pic and live out my dream of taking pics in  the boys bathrooms. Thank you Khuthii for enabling the madness.

teach me how to wrap

I pray to the gods of all things Afrocentric, style and everything fab that I can be able to master the art of the head wrap. My skills are lacking and I keep wrapping my hair in the most basic styles. I feel its about time that I learn the ish, that kind of head wrap that's scared of nothing. This is not FOMO.I will make it my life's mission really. 

These 3 are my attempts at the wrap. Its nothing fancy but, I really pride myself on them. Well ok, in all honesty these are the times were I just got it ok or something close to what I initially wanted.

To show how serious I am , I have taken to the University Of Everything ( The Internet) and downloaded some tutorials to aid me,from the gurus of the art. I will take some time and try them out. I am on a mission and I am not backing down. 

I also want these cool head wraps thou. So that will also go on my wish list. If you love me or wanna do something for charity, do buy me bold printed wraps. with all the love ....

hair things

The love hate relationship between me and my hair is crazy. One minute I love it and wanna show it off and the next minute I want it in box braids because I really cant deal with it. I guess I'm emotionally attached to it , in all honesty I'm emotionally attached to anything.. anywayyyyyyy. I have been growing the afro for the past year and a few months. I am happy with how its taking shape now. Its at a point where I can do more with it so, I have decided to take a break from braids for a month and see how much fun I can have with it.

I guess if I was not this lazy and like those natural hair enthusiast I would have the perfect afro. Who knows, I would have a hair blog and some sponsors.

Will post again soon about this hair challenge.. keeping in mind I colored my hair recently and it came out black instead of burgundy.. story for another day.

Khuthimages

I have a friend who takes pretty cool pictures of me, ok before I get carried away ,she basically takes cool pictures everyone and everything.

Khuthadxo Nedohe is her name but to the world she is known as Khuthii. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at her handle @khuthii. If you wanna check out her blog you can go to khuthimages.tumblr.com . You can thank me later ;). Her love of documenting the world is evident in her work. I say keep an eye on her not because she is my friend but because she is hella talented  

 

 I also take pictures of her too so, I see this as a match made in heaven. lol ... 

when you see her smile...

My Basaar experience

So here's the thing, I have been walking past this place for like forever and today I finally made my way into this eatery.pluse they were closed for some bit during December. It is on 16 loop street in the CBD and well worth the drop in. They open Monday to Friday 7am-4pm

 

Besides the cool deco it has a pretty chilled ambiance about it. Nothing pretentious, just a good old fashioned vibe, good food and yes free WIFI ,hahahaha I'm looking out for you fellow wifi stalkers. 

 

 

They make a lovely red velvet cake. I couldn't say no hey..

 

Oh one more thing, the servic is pretty cool and they don't constantly hover over you. You are left to enjoy the a sizing food, ambiance and free wifi in peace. The smiles are good too lol. 

 

Aaaw and they have this for you to take home..... Will I be back? Yes I will be, the is more I wanna try out on the menue. This will be my new hide out in the city. Do invite me ;) 

All dolled up..

So my December was lekker busy hey. I even got a chance to be a plus 1 to a 21st(at my age thou) I wouldn't be going on about this but it as a chance for me to get all dresse up and even ad hight to the already towering  glass of water that I am. Lol I'm silly but anyways. The theme was black tie and this is my interpretation of such. While most of the room had black on, yours in crazy had white on.

I had a lot of fun thou getting ready and the actual party was pretty chilled. I'm glad  my friend invited me. We had some fun together and it was well worth us getting dolled up and trying not to rub our eyes cause we had eye makeup the whole night( ok maybe I'm over doing it) hehehe. 

      No I don't like things, I love things and they love me. ;)