With all the changes happening in society people are increasingly bending the rules to make these changes work for their benefit. Linear, more traditional approaches to doing life and expressing oneself are becoming less popular as society is changing. Through all these changes there is a stronger sense of freedom and it’s showing itself in...Continue Reading

Promotional clothes and accessories have been seen as uncool but it’s made it’s way into the consumer’s fashion choices. The way in which it has done this has been through creative twists by big fashion retailers and fashion entrepreneurs alike. Brands like Castle, Coca Cola and Red Bull have made wearable products that bear their...Continue Reading

Jidenna, American music artist, was influential in the bearded-look movement. It started to explode back in 2015 when his hit song “Classic Man” was released. It has become an anthem even to this day because bearded men are turning out to be the new “classic”. A bearded French man who I had asked why he...Continue Reading

The latest surge of co-ordinated items make it effortless for consumers to dress up for a day or night out. Matching tops and bottoms have not only been seen at several fashion retailers but also by fashion start-ups and on people that take particular pride in getting dressed up and looking stylish.   Having looks...Continue Reading

What the consumer wears is a message communicating pieces of their belief system. Messages in fashion are becoming less about self but more about social change. Everyone can become an advocate for change through what they wear. This is because society is pretty much in shambles, it is completely fragmented and out of the confusion...Continue Reading

In the recent past, you where either considered an outside or indoor fitness person. With indoor fitness mainly associated with regular big brand gyms, where one gained a gym membership to have access to the fitness machinery provided in these facilities. For the mass market and society it meant two things: 1) Less access to...Continue Reading

The joys of having the means to buy all that you desire. It most often requires a bigger bag. The consumer’s bag holds all the things they hold dear or necessary. In essence while the consumer’s bag may be small, large or anything in between it is about the attitude attached to these accessories. Or the...Continue Reading

Much of the Braamfontein (Braam) youth come from homes with traditional values. When they leave their homes they are their own person and you would have no idea that they were raised with such traditional values. These values even extend onto fashion and how they were supposed to present themselves. It is quite apparent that...Continue Reading

Yeezy’s season 3 (Kanye West’s clothing collection) isn’t his most recent collection, however the finishes that were seen in it are very current. These finishes were rough around the edges but they work, especially amongst young people. Often people give away items with holes in it but the youth are increasingly wearing clothes that would...Continue Reading

Recently I have observed how young women are choosing not to buy clothes for their night out. Instead they are making a design specifically for the occasion. On their own! Young people continue to set themselves apart in what they wear – design-it-yourself is more than just updating old items in the usual YouTube tutorial...Continue Reading