🖤This image is a version in black of one of the designs I made for the Skinny laMinx collab with MrPrice Home in 2017, in memoriam to Yanni Vosloo, the Mr Price group’s merchandise director for 19 years, who succumbed to Covid19 this week.🖤 When Yanni contacted me in 2016, proposing a collab with Skinny …
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In Memoriam: Yanni Vosloo
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20 Days of HappyThanks #9: Mungo
This post is the 9th in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our fellow business owners, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Mungo, whose very generous prize …
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Best Things: Local lamps and stands
It’s not that easy to find a great lampstand or lightfitting when you need one, so I’ve been putting together a collection of my favourites… and ALL of them are designed and made in South Africa. Woltemade Studio makes this large and sculptural A Lamp , which is simultaneously impressive and discreet. Their beautiful Vonk Glass …
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Where fabric comes from
Sometimes I have the incredible good luck to take a peek beyond the factory door, and when I do, I’m almost always blown away and knocked sideways when I get a glimpse of just how much ingenuity, expense, commitment, skill, development and effort goes into making the things we use every day, and simply take …
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Thinking Pink
Looking for a sweetly feminine selection of Skinny laMinx goods? We’ve put some ideas together in our Gift Guide this week, and more here too: Breeze Coasters I’langa Chair in Flower Fields Table Runner in Ovals Soft Buckets in Orla and Flower Fields Tray in Tall Protea Change Purse in Orla Teatowel in Borrowed Spoons Table Mountain …
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Colour Yum: Concrete & Sage
It’s that time of year again when you’ve got to get your gift-shopping game on again. All the people you know – the Hip Mama, the Design Bloke, the Weekend Chef, your Best Friend, the Kids Who Have Everything – they all need a gift this Festive season. Well, we know these people too, cos we see …
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