South Africa

Street fashion on five continents

Thanks to the internet you don’t need to travel to see what people are wearing in other parts of the world. Here are five sites to take in the different street styles on five continents.

North America: New York, USA

The king of street fashion blogs for many people is The Sartorialist. He has been photographing stylish New Yorkers since 2005, and The Sartorialist is now a design influence in its own right.

Europe: Poland

Pretty and stylish Lula Street shows that Poles have plenty of individuality when it comes to dressing.

Africa: Johannesburg, South Africa

Nontsikelelo ‘Lolo’ Veleko lives and works in Johannesburg. She featured young South Africans from the streets of Johannesburg in her series “Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder”. See some of the portraits on Afronova.

Asia: Tokyo, Japan

We’ve written before about the original fashions on display in Tokyo. But different districts of Tokyo have a distinctive style of their own. On Tokyo street style you can find fashions from Harajuku, Shibuya, Omotesando, Daikanyama and Ginza.

South America: Buenos Aires, Argentina

On the Corner shows colourful and alternative fashion found on the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Agostina, a 23 year old cook, from On the Corner

Do you have a favourite site for street fashion that we haven’t included here? Share it with us in the comments.

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Busy South African mum

Harassed Mum is written by LauraKim, a free spirit from Pretoria, South Africa.

She writes about her busy life as a single mum who is also studying. Exams finished this week so we would also like to say congratulations!

Not too busy to stop caring about others though – The South African blogosphere is currently campaigning to help out their friend who needs help for her son and LauraKim is one of the main organisers.

Thanks a lot to Louisa (previously featured in 123 South Africa on Blogs of the World) for taking the time to suggest some of her favourite South African blogs. This was one of them and we hope to feature more in future.

Now let’s hear from you. Do you think being a mother in South Africa sounds different to your country, or are there many things the same?

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123 South Africa!

123 Blog Myself is written by Louisa who lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. She’s about to start a new job, a reminder that life in South Africa is not an endless round of Braais (South African barbeques). Although the braai does get mentioned quite often…

123 Blog Myself is a lively account of life in South Africa. Louisa writes that she enjoys her cat, friends and the outdoors and it shows in the blog. She also enjoys seeing blog visitors from other parts of the world so why not head over and say hello?