Wine Wonder

Glistening gold in the afternoon sunlight, La Cité du Vin on the banks of the Garonne is all swirls and eddies, wine swirling in a glass and knotted root stock – a cathedral to the history, art and culture of wine. The striking structure in the Bassins à Flot district on the outskirts of Bordeaux opened just two years ago, […]

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Scissor Psychology

‘Getting a dress designed is as much about how it makes a client feel, as how it makes them look,’ says Leopard Frock Creative Director Lezanne Viviers. ‘There’s a lot of EQ (emotional intelligence) involved in designing an outfit’. Understanding that people look good when they feel good has kept Leopard Frock founder Marianne Fassler at the gleaming scissor tip […]

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Jo’burg’s Rebirth Documented as Art

Painter, sculptor & printmaker Chrisél Attewell’s work documents the city of Johannesburg’s state of flux – creating a testament to the rejuvenation of the inner city. Attewell’s commute to her studio at August House in Doornfontein offered a different experience each day, with the city’s evolving skyline and the many construction sites she passed along the way becoming the embodiment […]

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