Interview: Jeremy May of Little Fly

  Jeremy May talks to JustPirez! about making dens, experimenting with paper and the pressure of designing a wedding ring… Fashion and literature often exist in sepa[...]

 

Feature: Jessica Electra Odell-Foster

Jessica has recently graduated from studying a BA in Contemporary Textiles. This collection of work is inspired by the opulence of Parisian interiors, the architecture and stat[...]

 

Event: SS13 Preview Pop PR Press Day

Earlier yesterday JustPirez! Magazine was kindly invited to the Pop PR Press Day for SS13. A fright it was not! The actual event was over a two day period our fashion editor Is[...]

 

The Finale.. MBFWAFRICA

The last day of MBFWAFRICA was by the best. We were treated to the outstanding designs by Maki Oh and Mimi Plange. The first show Maki Oh was one of my favorite shows this f[...]

 

Loin Cloth and Ashes SS13 Preview MBFWAFRICA

Drawing close to the end of the fashion season I attended Loin Cloth and Ashes Presentation. For this show they collaborated with a fuller figure South African radio personality.[...]

 

Thula Sindi SS13 Preview MBFWAFRICA

Thula Sindi is a designer that has clearly found his niche market in South Africa (The Young African Fashionista) and every season never fails to bring out the most wearable an[...]

 

Feature: Amelia Temple (Textile Design)

Taking inspiration from cinema and film, surrealism and contrasting interest in natural world and environment - Amelia Temple recently graduated from De Montfort University, Le[...]

 

Fred Sathal SS13 Preview #MBFWAFRICA

The Fred Sathal SS13 Haute Couture Collection (which took two years to create and even longer to conceptualise) was among one of my favourites this fashion week season. The colle[...]

 

Exclusive: Kibonen NY Interview #MBFWAFRICA

Earlier today I caught up with the designer behind Kibonen NY - A Cameroonian designer based in New York City who just recently showed her collection at Africa Fashion Week New Yor[...]

 

Jessica Sutherland SS13 #MBFWAFRICA

Everything I saw at the Jessica Sutherland show (one of the top two designers at the Johannesburg Fashion Week in 2011) are all pieces that I would wear. She interpreted the Ni[...]

 

David Tlale SS13 Preview #MBFWAfrica

Never have I ever seen a tent at a South African fashion week so full, there were definitely more people than chairs at the anticipated David Tlale show last night. I was fairly co[...]

 

Day One #MBFWAfrica

Yesterday saw the first day of MBFWAFRICA - After a delayed flight and a few other minor hiccups I decided to skip the first show and have a “fashion shower” instead. The first [...]

 

Feature: Alexander White (Design)

Alexander White aims to produce clever, thought provoking work that is integral to modern culture. He tends to work with ideas based, mainly, around recurring elements or process[...]

 

Halo Jones Jewellery (Interview)

JustPirez! quizzes Sara-Jane Chase of Halo Jones Jewellery on storytelling, cognac and a possible future in zoo-keeping… A ‘collector of beauty’ is one of the nicest description[...]

 

Feature: George Braham (Orlo Writing Desk)

  George Braham - recently graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University with a degree in Design. George has since relocated to Madrid, Spain where he is currently worki[...]