This Vodacom Durban July don’t get caught with your fashion blinkers on! Read our style guide supplement for style tips to turn heads. With a few days to go to this year’s Vodacom Durban July, we are most definitely Greyville bound. With the months of preparation, weeks of sharpening, days of fine tuning, and hours...
Category: Fashion
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Rebuilding Your Wardrobe: Three Formal Jackets Every Marvin Man Should Own
In various South African cultures, a man’s words are given credence when he has a jacket on. Since time immemorial, this was and still is a basic form of dress wear for men. This is such a serious matter that one wouldn’t even think of addressing an audience comprised of men, wearing just a ’’...
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Opening Up Industry One Stitch At A Time
With a global population of ±18 billion; youths between the ages of 15 to 29. currently constitute the largest group in the world, accounting for a third of the world’s population. In turn contributing to a phenomenon called the ‘youth bulge. The positive in this lies, in that youths from the ages 18 to 29...
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Swizz Beatz Pop-Culture through Collaborative Influence with a Cause
Swizz Beatz pop-culture through collaborative influence with a cause With a career spanning two decades, the 2010 BET producer of the year Kaseem Dean (Swizz Beatz) has risen to become an iconic figure and a change-maker in the fashion and lifestyle industry. Fusing worlds, cultures and brands through the art of collaboration as he pioneers...
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Opening Up Industry One Stitch At A Time
With a global population of ± 7.6 billion; youths between the ages of 15 and 29 currently constitute the largest group in the world, accounting for a third of the world’s population. In turn, contributing to a phenomenon called the ‘youth bulge’. The positive in this lies in the fact that youths from the ages...
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Louis Vuitton go Off-White with Abloh as Men’s Head Designer
With 4.5m + social media followers Ghanaian American born designer, DJ and creative Virgil Abloh. On the 25th March Set shockwaves through the social media world, with the announcement of his appointment as the new men’s Artistic Director for French luxury brand Louis Vuitton. The 37-year old art director’s creative works include. Art directing Jay-z...
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Shoes for The Marvin Man
My late grandfather was the greatest man I have had the privilege of knowing. As is typical of a man from Pretoria, he dressed impeccable – right up until he passed on. I was forever in awe of him and my grandmother, who never ever left the house looking nothing less than incredible, a sign...
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Handcrafted Leather Goods
There is nothing better than discovering fellow entrepreneurs who are doing amazing work and when I say amazing – you don’t have to even ask around you can see the work. Building the Marvin store has been one of the most difficult tasks we have undertaken as company, difficult not because it’s impossible, but rather...
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How to Shop Like a Fashion Editor
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Marvin’s Spring Look-Book
It has sprung and it is time to put a pep-in-your spring. This part of the season has been a happy tune to me. Growing up as a kid and playing in the rain after school was everything to any child. The sun is up, wind blowing humid and rain showering kisses of delight to...