CAPE TOWN – Known as the perfect summer destination, we deliberately visit the Western Cape at the turn of the seasons as the sun drifts to the north, revealing a calmer, more complex beauty. The light deepens and softens, the rain returns and nature unfolds. What emerges is a palette of colours perfectly attuned to our WINTER COLLECTION 2024.

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On foot across the City Bowl, the inner centre of Cape Town. Our sights are set on the brightly painted façades in the historic malay quarter Bo-Kaap, a mecca for all Instagrammers –and for us, too!

The wide range of colours creates an ideal setting for our collection and provides the opportunity for bold and playful COLOUR BLOCKING.

SO LET’S GET STARTED!

NORI GREEN with SAPPHIRE in front of turquoise. GRANITE with TOMATO in front of jazzy green. TOMATO with GRANITE in front of sunny yellow, and PURPLE with MARMOR in front of pink.

The possibilities? Endless.

The mountains on the Cape are threaded through with rivers, streams and mountain lakes. Once ocean seabeds back in primeval times, heaved to the surface ages ago by prehistoric tectonic shifts. There are hidden secrets to be discovered here: stretches of white sand where least expected; dead forests mould into sculptural formations and surreal landscapes.

The contours of the trees rise and fall as if chiseled into shape. Alexandra, in real life a rooibos kombucha brewer, takes a liking to her throne of trees as if only natural – styled in majestic PURPLE.

Perched high up on the granite domes ringed around the small town of Paarl, a historic structure with a unique view towers above the site: the Taal Monument in honour of the Afrikaans language – the mother tongue of many South Africans. A truly impressive sight. Though it was a challenge to manoeuvre elegantly through this labyrinth of peaks, curves and mounds, Alexandra – in SAPPHIRE, PURPLE and GRANITE – mastered the concrete maze with ease.

The winter sun on the Cape lets light and shadow dance on white walls. Edges and angles are highlighted to display countless contrasts and form graphic shapes. This platform focused on purity creates new perspectives for our BLACKS & WHITES in their timeless elegance.

There’s so much to discover, here at the southernmost point of Africa.

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