This year, we’ve been enjoying bringing a selection of otherwise-hard-to-find magazines in to sell in our shop on Bree Street. So far, we’ve had Sweet Paul magazine, Kinfolk , Dutch magazine FLOW, and now we have Apartamento in store. Apartamento is described as an “interiors magazine dedicated to interior space and the people who live in it”, but …
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Apartamento
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Eat & Make
A year ago, in their Spring Issue, Sweet Paul magazine published a gorgeous article on Skinny laMinx (read it here), and they’ve certainly been busy since then, with Paul Lowe having just launched the Sweet Paul recipe book / kitchen crafts book, called SWEET PAUL EAT & MAKE. Congratulations! Now, which of the yummy recipes to …
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In Fair Lady: My workspace
Fair Lady was the first grown-up magazine I ever had a subscription to. The bi-weekly arrival of that bible of vital info about The Glamourous Life of fashion shoots, make up tips and wry commentary by snappy city girls was a dreamy escape from the life of debating society, orchestra rehearsal and Friday night youth …
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Ducking below the parapet
There is the most amazing bunch of people working at Skinny laMinx, making calculations, keeping records, cutting, stitching, ordering, stockchecking, quality checking, packing, customer relations, and then there’s a shop to run too. Everyone is working at full capacity every minute of every working day to make sure that the things we produce are of …
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Sketches in the Sunday Times
While attending the Design Indaba Conference at the end of February, I took notes and sketched each presenter, to remind me of who was who. It’s three days of awesome speakers (amongst themThomas Heatherwick! Stefan Sagmeister! Naoto Fukasawa!) but no matter how brilliant, it can be easy to forget who said what. During the conference, …
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In Delta Sky magazine
Fantastic roundup of all things exciting and good to see, taste and do when visiting South Africa (including coming to Skinny laMinx) in this month’s issue of Delta Sky magazine. Click here for the full PDF.
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Guardian guide
The Guardian newspaper, in association with South African Tourism, has put together a truly fantastic online guide – an incredible resource for anyone visiting this country. Heck, I’m going to use it myself! So much cool stuff there, and you can select from categories that interest you most. We’re delighted to have been included in the Fashion …
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WDC2014: Monocle Magazine
January started off with a big thrill for us, when the team from Monocle Magazine‘s film section came to the Skinny laMinx shop, and included us in this great clip about Cape Town and what is happening with World Design Capital 2014 in our city. If you’ve been wondering what #WDC2014 is all about, here’s …
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WDC2014: ELLE Decoration France
ELLE Decoration France was quick off the World Design Capital 2014 mark with their Feb/March issue including a fantastic 10-page supplement covering all manner of Design in Cape Town. Skinny laMinx is there, sharing a spread with Birds Cafe and Sababa (both also on Bree Street), as well as the Mount Nelson Hotel. So much other …
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