I thought I would show you some of the local designers that I wore to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Africa 2012. Now I have a bit of a uniform for fashion weeks. Most fashion editors do when you have a shed load of things to attend and don't want to make you life really difficult or be anyone's centre of attention. Not being someone who particularly likes my photo taken — except when to support a designer — I like to keep things simple. So I mostly wear black. Keeping the base neutral. And then I am always on the look out for cool and interesting neck pieces to make things exciting.

This year I wore two pieces from Pichulik. The first is the bold yellow one that I first saw at Merchants on Long in Cape Town and landed up buying at Purr at Lifestyles on Kloof (with my friend Alexis Chaffe from Expresso). The second — this one here in the photo with Simon Deiner — I bought off 36Boutiques.com. So not only did I support a local designer, but also two local fashion businesses. Yay!

And then I also wore this necklace from Oh Dear Megan, also off 36Boutiques, which I adore. I pretty much always wear a ring from the same designer, so you can tell that I like her work a lot! Colin O Mara Davis is my charming front row companion here.

And then finally I wore my Thula Sindi spiky studded headband. Which makes me look like I am wearing a punk rock crown. Perfect. And this is Felicity, from Parkhurst store EGALITY, keeping me company. Now you go on and support local too please. It's so easy to do.
All photos courtesy of SDR Photo