Tag Archives: Cape Town

  • Jason Bakery

    Friends & Neighbours: Jason Bakery

    All those bums on Jason’s Bakery’s seats show that Skinny laMinx fabrics can take a beating!

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  • Airbnb

    Astrid’s AirBnB empire

    Take a tour of Astrid von Brucken’s stylish clutch of AirBnB apartments in Cape Town (full of Skinny laMinx, of course)!

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  • Louis V

    The Louis Vuitton City Guide

    We’re thrilled to be featured in the latest Louis Vuitton Cape Town City Guide.

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  • Theweekender Cover

    In the Press: The Weekender

    German magazine The Weekender has a 16 page Skinny laMinx feature in issue 22.

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  • Lookbook Saks Sofa

    Friends & Neighbours: Saks Corner

    I love this quote from Dan Saks of Saks Corner, who we collaborated with when putting together the BRISE SOLEIL Lookbook. Our businesses have been growing side-by-side over the past few years, and I’ve always loved Dan’s sweetly quizzical air that also comes across in the things he makes and sells at Saks Corner. I dropped in at …

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  • Brise Soleil Lim

    Friends & Neighbours: LIM

    I moved to Cape Town in 1996, and the LIM store on Kloof Street has always been a fixture in my neighbourhood. It took me a few years before I felt sophisticated enough to go inside, but these days I’m SO sophisticated, I’m in there all the time 😉 When putting together our 2016 LookBook for …

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  • Beach Bag

    In the shop: Beach Bucket

    We had a bright idea and scaled up our super-useful soft bucket design and added handles, to create the most enormous Beach Bucket you ever did see! Just as with our popular soft buckets, the edges fold down to create some rigidity, which means it’s easy to plonk down on the beach, roll down the sides, and …

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  • Sea Point Library

    Out and About: Sea Point Library

    Sea Point Library is one of my favourite buildings in Cape Town, not least for the spectacular concrete brise-soleil surrounding the building! Friday was the first time I’ve actually stopped the car to take some photos and to go inside the building, where I was totally charmed by the old-school style and profusion of potted …

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  • Junk Shop

    Out and About: Junk shop finds

    Sometimes I wander down from the shop through Cape Town, just stretching my legs. One place I like to stop in at is the St George’s Bric-a-brac shop next to the Cathedral. I’m trying to not buy things, and find a very good alternative is taking a snap to share with others.  So here we …

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