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Q: Where did you grow up, and where do you live now?
A: I grew up in Butterworth, Eastern Cape but I'm currently studying in Johannesburg.
Q: What have you studied, and what are you doing now?
A: I am a 3rd year student in Bsc Honours Aeronautical Engineering.
Q: Links to your style networks?
A: Any grunge vintage search on https://za.pinterest.com/
Q: How would you describe your personal style in 3-5 words?
A: Edgy, classy, crazy, unique
Q: Where do you shop? Luxury or high street? New or vintage? Boutiques? Online?
A: I love vintage. I thrift shop mostly, occasionally buy in boutiques.
Q: If you had $300 for a shopping spree, how many items would you buy?
A: $300 converts to about R4500 so I would use R1200 for thrift shopping which is almost 25 - 30 items. I'd use the rest at a boutique and I would buy about 7 items about so in total 37 items. :-)
Q: Do you prefer street style fashion or runway fashion?
A: Depends on the occasion but mainly street fashion
Q: What do you splurge on? Skimp on?
A: I save most of my money for traveling (and buy cheap clothes instead)
Q: When and how did you become interested in fashion, and where do you find your inspiration?
A: I grew up in a family that has a lot of females and I was the youngest of the them. So learning from my sisters, my gran, my mom, my aunt the love of fashion just grew. As I grew it was cultivated but mainly when I got to Johannesburg where I was exposed to different cultures and styles of fashion. That's when my love of grunge vintage started. My inspiration has to be my gran, my mom and Coco Chanel (especially after watching the Coco Chanel movie).
Q: Who are your favorite style icon(s)?
A: Coco Chanel, Solange Knowles
Q: What are your favorite fashion blogs? Magazines?
A: Elle magazine, Vogue
Blogs - Blackfashion, luanna90 (le-happy), drmartens, grunge vintage blogs
Q: What do you love about fashion? Not love?
A: I love It's creativity. The freedom of being able to express yourself however you feel.
Q: Your favorite designers & brands?
A: Coco Chanel, Elie Saab, Laduma Ngxokolo and Doc Martens
Q: Do you follow fashion trends? Which ones?
A: Yes, mainly grunge.
Q: Do you have any fashion rules when putting an outfit together?
A: If it's short, it stays winning :-)
Q: Which would you be best at? Worst at? (Stylist, Designer, Photographer, Buyer)
A: Best at Stylist, Designer, Buyer, Photographer (in that order)
Q: What is your dream job?
A: I have 3: Aero Engineer, Pilot, and owning a fashion line (and being able to model for it)
Q: What are your other interests? How do you spend your spare time?
A: Reading, learning about aviation, aircraft, now I'm learning how to trade on the stock exchange.
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