summer dreams in summer number 3: baggu leather pouch bag

I really want this leather pouch bag from Baggu. Online shopping really has me by the gonads.

Image via http://ofakind.tumblr.com

religion sample sale! boom!

cheers to the freakin weekend

I always find myself singing this song on a Friday because it has a couple of my most favourite words in the world - Cheers, Weekend, Drink and Jameson. When I opened Photoshop and played around with some fonts to type up these lyrics, the initial concept was to post some cool parties I was planning on going to, but this weekend Thithi is laying low, hanging with the fam and drinking from home (don't judge me). So next weekend I promise... I will be drinking at a club or bar near you.

jennifer paige... crush...

I have been watching season 1 of Glee, and I can't believe it, but I am totally involved. I know the characters names and everything. I mean I really love musicals, but a show about singing and dancing teenagers just came across as annoying and I could never imagine myself watching an episode, let alone 10. Anyways, in ep 10, which is currently the episode I am watching, right now at 9:50pm, Rachel starts singing this song, and I found myself knowing the lyrics and singing along. Only to recall (because I am that old) that I used to love this song. I mean as a girl, how could you not have loved the message of this song...

" It's just a little crush. Not like I faint every time we touch
And it's just some little thing. Not like everything I do depends on you"

grrr

I don't usually wear leopard print.

Wait, let me rephrase that...

This here item below is the first animal print clothing item I have ever owned. A gift from my sister's recent trip to New york, this Top Shop leopard print top with zip pocket detail had its first night out at Kitcheners on Saturday night and you know what? I think my fear of animal print has been cured!

Ash and I at Kitcheners. Ash is my new favourite person's bestfriend... see below

My new favourite person Keorapetse aka Bunny. The sweetest funniest and most open person ever

sugar high

text books...

official str.crd recap video

Eish Vimeo...

STR / CRD / 11 from STR.CRD on Vimeo.

#teeteewantstoknow: #ff @luminousmk

Emkay is one of my best friends in the whole wide world. We went to the same high school. She's brilliantly awesome and I love her loads and loads. I love her style and love that she' s a music geek. She's one of my best friends and I really think you guys will love her too.

Q: How do your clothes and style connect to your lifestyle?

A: Well believe it or not I have quite a simple life. I don't really go partying or clubbing etc and I guess I'm at that age where most of my life is spent working (bleh!). I work in advertising so can get away with pretty much anything, but I do like to look decent and well groomed so I take great care in planning my outfits on the daily. I love to wear pretty dresses, but lately my favourite thing to wear is my raw denim super skinny's rolled up at the bottom with a crisp white shirt (top buttoned up) and my super femme vintage brooch which was a gift from Tiisetso. So to answer your question my style has  evolved to be quite simple, feminine, balanced, but still with slight edge, and lots of playfulness. I guess my style connects with my lifestyle because my lifestyle is also just that, its uncomplicated.

Q. What would you add to your wardrobe if you could anything?

A: As you know I don't really wear heels, I find them atrociously uncomfortable and severely painful. Not to mention the after effects (euww!). But I will say this past year has had me changing my mind and lusting after these....

and these...

Q: Where's your favourite place to be?

A: My favourite place to be is probably with my family. I don't get to spend enough time with them living away from home, but I keep in constant touch with all of them. There's just a certain comfort that comes with being with family that really is unrivalled. That being said my friends are also part of my family so being with them warms my heart too!

Q: What makes you happy?

A: Wow, this is actually a hard question. Being the control freak I am, I'm inclined to say 'when things go my way'. But ok what really makes me happy (besides my family and loved ones) is succeeding at achieving my goals. I'm quite ambitious and driven, I set goals for myself as I go along, some big, some small and the feeling you get when you can tick something off the list, that pride in yourself is priceless. So what makes me happy I guess is when my dreams come to fruition. On a daily level as well as in the bigger scheme of things. This doesn't necessarily relate to just career by the way, just generally in life I think its important to be able to look ahead and to measure where you are as you go along and to celebrate the milestones.

But,

The real real real thing that makes me happy is music. It's why I love dj'ing. As you know I'm a big music head and honestly there's a wide variety of emotion that I derive from listening to (and playing) music - all of them combined is absolute happiness.

Q: And lastly how do you feel about being on of my best friends? (yes this is a serious question)

I feel incredibly blessed my friend. Very few people in the entire world understand and get me like you do and that means so much to me. I appreciate the fact that I can go for weeks (ok I lie a week) without talking to you, but when we do catch up it always feels like home. I love your honesty and your dramatics. Seriously Thithi what would I do without your 'OMG!!' moments? Most importantly you've always had my back and you're one of the most loyal people I know. And how could I resist that smile... ( Oh and we totally need to go to Europe again before we get too old and have kids and are actually responsible for other human beings). All in all I'm happy to have you in my life
and I will do everything I can to keep it that way.

Check out one of my best friends in the world's Tumblr and her words and contributions on Doepelganger and follow her on Twitter of course.

sunglass hut x gq best dressed man x red carpet ready

On Monday I went to the GQ Best Dressed Men Of The Year Awards held at the Westcliff. As I walked in, dressed in my Religion dressed I ran into my friends from Sunglass Hut. Totally adore Tracey and Wedaad and how banging are the Prada sunnies I'm wearing?

crush. levi maestro johannesburg special edition. str.crd. damn he's cute

Maestro Knows - Special Edition (Johannesburg) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

str.crd recap video

I hate Vimeo. It just sucks balls and takes forever to load, but this STR.CRD video is so blerry awesome I had to share it with you. Shot by a cool guy, Lebogang Rasethaba on this very dope day, I needed those of you who weren't there to see what a shi* cool day it was. Favourite part of the video - shot of the pink Vans's that my friend Jana and I bought on the day. Enjoy.

str_crd 2011 from lebogang rasethaba on Vimeo.

#teeteewantstoknow: #ff @JustAmyR

Q: Do you own anything you can’t get rid of?

A: Do I own anything I absolutely can't get rid of of? i.e. even though it doesn’t fit me anymore or something? Hehe! If you ask my mom she'll tell you I'm a hoarder mostly because I feel like if I get rid of stuff then I've wasted money, so I try not to buy one season wonders i.e. most of my stuff I would never want to get rid of, but if I were to get specific I'd say stuff like passed down family jewellery, or amazing second hand pieces which I've found.

Q: Where is my favourite place to be?

A: Eish that depends a lot on the mood I'm in, but the first answer which pops into my head is in Jozi city and fluctuates to Swaziland because it's calm and green and lush... So sometimes when things just get too busy and too much I like to leave Jozi and retreat out, and then come back and fully appreciate my city.

Q: What was the last thing I bought?

A: Besides food because it's my favourite thing I recently found some awesome pieces at Maria's vintage stall at the Night Market on Main and a cool Adidas Joburg hoodie at STR.CRD.

Q: How do your clothes and your style connect to your lifestyle? 

A: My lifestyle - like my style - is a bit schizophrenic and chameleon like and I think it's all based on living in Jozi where every day of the week you can move in so many different circles. In my professional capacity I have to wear a specific set of clothes - a uniform, so it's a matter of staying within the bounds of what is required and appropriate and professional, but also not forgetting that you can still be stylish and unique without having to look like a penguin. I guess also that my underlying or defining style principle is that style has nothing to do with price - it's art for me - I like trends but I like finding individual pieces which reflect that, and so i guess I just like being able to flow between the social circles that I run in. make sense?

Q: Websites you visit the most?

A: I get a lot of different feeds coming into my tumblr dashboard, but I like checking in on things like:

http://globalvoices.tumblr.com/

http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/

http://www.mahala.co.za/

http://www.postsecret.com/

http://luckypony.co.za/

http://missmillib.blogspot.com/

and obviously http://www.teeteeiswithme.com/ :) (not just saying that btw)

Check out the lovely Amy Rawhani aka @JustAmyR's Tumblr LittleMisconceptions

real actions: isiPantsula: red bull beat battle

Right, so I reckon ever since Beyonce featured Tofo Tofo - the Mozambican pantsula dance crew in her video for Run The World isiPantsula dancing should be somewhat familiar to the regular Tom, Dick and Jabulani in South Africa.

via http://www.myweku.com

I am pretty sure those of you who read this blog regularly never expected to see a blog post on isiPantsula dancing, but here it is. Inspired by my love of my black on black converse sneakers, Beyonce and her sick video and most importantly the work I am currently doing on Red Bull Beat Battle, which takes place on the 19th of November, I had to share with you this picture of an awesome crew called Real Actions. You need to check out their video on the Beat Battle website - I shared it on my Facebook.

I also needed to make the public announcement that if I am unavailable, emotionally, physically, or otherwise, please just be strong. I'm working on some dope ish and I'm just friggin busy.

 

Real Actions

friends x bobbi brown x bubbly

A couple of weeks ago... Actually probably a full month ago I invited some of my friends for a session at the Bobbi Brown Counter at the Edgars at Sandton. Food, champers and a make up class on how to wear a natural face were the order of the day. I think for the next session which is in November I'll give away some spots to this awesome session. What you think?

To see more images from the session click here

secret diary of a call girl

Whilst everyone spent the entire weekend having fun, I warded off my FOMO, by watching one of my favourite series Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Four seasons later accompanied with some whiskey sours and popcorn, I actually managed to forget that I’d missed out on seeing Coldplay live, and that I didn’t take up the offer to fly down to Cape Town for Rocking The Daisies and that I had given up my spot to experience the Macufe Festival in Bloemfontein.

This show is really brilliant. I love watching Billie Piper, who I first remember as a pop princess, play this awesome character Hannah / Belle, who I in someways, ways I don’t really want to think about identify with. Get your mind out of the gutter dammit!

As I recapped on season 2, and moved into 3 and 4, I noticed that the styling of the show became more ‘fashion’ as Guiliana would say on Fashion Police. Hannah / Belle started to look and feel more like a Carrie Bradshaw in London. And like Carrie Bradshaw, sometimes the looks felt contrived and were quite painful to watch like the look she wore in the New York episode, but most of the looks are just downright sexy and for lack of a better word bangable. If you haven't watched this series yet you need to. I feel like you'll love it.

that awful NY outfit. Just too friggin much going on here

Image via http://billie-piper.tumblr.com

dare I say...look of the month

Lady Gaga in Viktor & Rolf

givenchy spring 2012

Ready to wear. I would love to wear.
Let us have a moment for the sickness of these blazers.
Riccardo Tisci is the man.

alexander mcqueen SS 2012

So fucking beautiful. That's all I want to say.
Oh and otherworldy