Cape Town, My City.

The Elusive pair

An embellished tank top and a mini toulle skirt held together with a large figure belt and teamed with a pair of structured heels,accessorized with a trendy pair of Wayfarer sunglasses and patent handbag. Recently while shopping in Cape Town, I’ve hunted and captured all the above essential items, to combine my “hot” look for this summer, all but the Wayfarers. Now, if you have any stake and claim to the society of trendy fashionistas out there, you will know that Wayfarers are the way to go.

These sunglasses have single handedly caused me to break-away from the FP (Fashionista Party) and form my very own WWIL (Wear What I Like Party)! I’l be the first to admit that there have been countless occasions in the past, where I’d sworn to never been caught dead in this or other trendy item of the moment. Admittedly, I would Iater find oodles of those very items in my wardrobe. How? I don’t know. Case and point being skinny jeans, ankle boots, stripes, blonde hair, the Victoria Beckham bob… the list is endless. This time around, as self appointed president of the WWIL party, I willingly put my entire handbag and perfume collection as collateral, as I solemnly vow to never being caught dead or alive in Wayfarers!

As president I condemn the pressure placed on fashionistas to wear ill fitting clothes and ludicrous hairstyles all in the name of looking “hot”. I condone the use of second hand shops to find that precious 40’s silk vintage dress, to hold on to your Jackie O inspired sunglasses, to raid your mom’s closet for her skinny and figure belts, waist coats and colourful beads from back when. Under my leadership, women and men over certain sizes who cannot find a decent pair of skinnies, are welcomed to hold on to their bootleg and flared denims. To go shopping dressed in precisely what they wish, all the while preserving the notion of looking “hot” without getting lost in it.
Granted there are people who pull off the Wayfarer look effortlessly, but those people are very few and far between it seems. Just this morning I bumped into a well styled lady dressed in all black embellished pumps,stirrup leggings and matching batwing dress. Stunning so far until I saw perched on top of her head… Wayfarers! Its criminal I say! All one ends up looking like, is a less risqué clone of Dame Edna? Considering its shape, which is inclined to smaller frames, they therefore automatically cancel out any individual who does not possess that specific jawline.

It seems as though sunglasses are the foundation of my strife’s with fashion trends. What with the sunglasses at night phase still sweeping the country…but that folks or should I say fashionistas, is another gripe for another day.