Colourful collar

Desert or chukka boot is what the Americans, Europeans and Australians call what we call the veldskoen. Here is Pierre Hardy's version, bright red with a contrasting collar! I really like the colour combonation.

Click on the title 'colourful collar' and read the write-up on the shoes, on the Hypebeast website. While you there become a follower of the website. Hypebeast is always tweeting about new things fashion and lifestyle from a street style point of view. Its really a great site and worth following.

Ha Australia! 'Zonkey Boot' mens shoes

Zonkey Boot some of the best men's shoes Ive seen in a long time. The company is called Zonkey Boot and is Australian. The name Zonkey is a cross between a donkey and a zebra. Google them they have a great website and the designer writes a great blog.

Watch the video they made to showcase their summer 2011 range, its brilliant. Click on the title ''Ha Australia! 'Zonkey Boot' men's shoes'' to watch.
I particularly like the laces used for the shhoes. My favourite pairs: first pair, third(top choice!), forth and the sixth pair(two-tone ones).

Watch and enjoy

Recipe of the day for a chilly Cape Town night

Click on title above 'recipe of the day for a chilly Cape Town night'
Sophie Dahl shows us how to make Tom Kha soup.

David Kramer has his red vellies back

A while ago David Kramer bought a pair of shoes from me. The shoes he bought is called 'David', yes I named the shoes after him, why? The 'David' is based on the classic vellie, which never quite went out of fashion in South Africa. All I did was refine the vellie and made it more modern.

To finish my David Kramer story... I told him that I have a piece of red patent leather if he was interested in having a pair made up. He said he would think about it. A day later he phoned me to say yes, he would like a red patent pair made up...and the rest is history.

...and here they are together again David Kramer and his red(patent) vellies

David Kramer wearing his Ninon red patent vellies on stage in his latest production Breyani.
Photos by Jesse Kramer