Join us on Saturday 25 June from 10am to 3pm for a Winter Sale of bespoke handbags, jewellery, clothing, lighting and home décor by Missibaba, Queen Magpie, Moonbasket, Fabric and Skinny laMinx. SALE prices on selected items, so come early! Missibaba Workshop – Unit 3 Selwyn Studios, The Palms, 145 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock. Parking can be found in …
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A sail? A Sale!
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cut, pink, stitch, repeat.
I spent loads of time I thought I didn’t have yesterday cutting, pinking and stitching 45 little swatch packs to send to Emily Ziz in Australia today.
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Blank the blink
I’ve been joking lately that cellphones are the new cigarettes, and the more I see people in the elevator, on the corner, at the restaurants, heads bent over their phones, feeding their addiction to information and communication, the more I think it’s true. When there’s a moment to spend waiting for something – an elevator, …
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Seconds, Samples & Scraps – the details
Some of you, anticipating the Rapture last week, may not have bothered to diarise the Skinny laMinx Seconds, Samples & Scraps Sale. But seeing as we’re all still here, let’s get those diaries out, shall we? when? Friday 27 May, 4pm-6pm Saturday 28 May, 9am-3pm where? The Skinny laMinx studio at 33a Buitengracht Street. Click …
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Pattern Workshops
News Flash: My friend Belinda is running the first of a series of Pattern Making workshops here in Cape Town. Not only does Belinda create beautiful dresses under her label Mrs Parker (available at The Space), she’s also an incredibly patient teacher with a dark and irreverent sense of humour. In this workshop she will teach …
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All change
For years I’ve been adding bits and pieces to the Skinny laMinx stable of websites, resulting in a bristling and unwieldy bushel of URLs, and finally, enough was enough! I enlisted a clever brother of mine to help me put the whole caboodle under one address, which means that henceforth, skinnylaminx.com is the one stop …
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Back soon…
Me and my clever brother are in the middle of a big website revamp integration, trying to corral all the mess of multiple sites and pages into one lovely unit. Be back next week in an entirely new outfit, so keep your eyes out (and sign up for my newsletter in the sidebar – there’ll …
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Weekend cabin
We had a yummy lunch with interesting people at an old, low-ceilinged cabin in Churchaven on Sunday. Treats all round.
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Surrounded by spiders
I”m a typical introvert, which means that I occasionally require a total lack of human engagement in order to recharge my batteries. On Friday I dodged the world, retreating to a bench in Kirstenbosch Gardens with snacks, my endless tapestry project, and a new copy of New York magazine. It was the perfect little secret …
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