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Kimberley Schoeman is a sophisticated and eccentric wordsmith at the Mail & Guardian. A tastemaker in the making, she is in pursuit of the best in culture, fashion, and style.

One MOVIE, one Take: The origin of sneaker culture in ‘Air’

The movie tells the story of basketball’s most infamous sneaker, the Air Jordan

South Africans discover the world via marathons

Athletes are packing their trainers to explore foreign cities

SA inaugural design week: Reimagine everything

It’s time for the local design industry to take back its agency and reclaim its narratives, rather than letting others interpret them

Are those comfortable?: Balenciaga toe shoes

Fashion puts its fabulous best foot forward

The foot fetish continues – are toes the industry’s new favourite body part?

South African actors John Kani (left, as ‘Creon’) and Winston Ntshona (1941-2018, as ‘Antigone’) perform at the final dress rehearsal of the Market Theatre of Johannesburg/Royal National Theatre revival of Athol Fugard’s ‘The Island’ at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, New York, New York, March 31, 2003. Kani and Ntshona co-authored the play with Athol Fugard in 1973. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)

Market Theatre needs funding as audiences, donor support decline

Patrons have not returned to theatres in their numbers after the Covid-19 lockdowns were lifted.

Designers to watch at SAFW 2023

These South African designers are a cut above the rest

Something from Louis Vuitton’s first newborn range makes the ultimate gift for a stork party. Photo: Supplied

Objects of Desire: Eyes on you

Up the ante with objects that demand your attention

Loaded with meaning: ‘The Head & the Load’ by artist William Kentridge, with choreography by Gregory Maqoma, and music by Philip Miller and Thuthuka Sibisi, is about the plight of black African porters in World War I.  Photos: Stella Olivier

Gregory Maqoma and William Kentridge: Exploring the violence done to African bodies

Choreographer Gregory Maqoma navigates grief and trauma through tradition and dance in his collaboration with artist William Kentridge, The Head & The Load

Carry your gear in a trunk shaped like Louis Vuitton’s headquarters.

Objects of Desire | Audacious Aesthetics

Designs that up the ante of the everyday

‘Bitter Sweet Distractor 2023’

‘Bitches Brew: Fast, feminist and furious

In their exhibition ‘Bitches Brew’, three South African artists juggle good manners and the grotesque

Phantasmic: Frank, played by Anthony Mackie, and Ernest the ghost, played by David Harbour, in ‘We have a Ghost’. Photo: Netflix

One Movie, Two Takes: We have a ghost

Family-friendly film about what happens when a ghost goes viral tries to do too much, too slowly

Cartier’s reimagined Révélation d’Une Panthère has hundreds of diamonds on its face. Photo: Supplied

Objects of Desire: Fierce and Fabulous

Fierce designs that are fabulously unique

World Whiskey Day: More than a stiff drink

What is the best tot to toast the World of Whiskey?

Tour the darkness of Roger Ballen’s Inside Out Centre in Joburg

The world famous photographer has opened the centre to the public with the ‘End of the Game’ exhibition

Beyoncé’s Ivy Park collection. Photo: Supplied

Are celeb crossovers like Ivy Park and Yeezy so last year?

As sales of Kanye West’s Yeezy brand and Beyonce’s Ivy Park plummet, we ask if fashion collaborations are still desirable or have become a liability

Sold on it: H&M’s home concept store in Joburg carries its own range as well as local brands.

South Africa’s retail revival is cashing in

Newer retailers are setting the benchmark for South Africa’s retail landscape, with plenty of room for innovation in bricks and mortar

One film Two Takes: Emancipation

Will Smith stars in the film Emancipation, which tells the story of an enslaved man named Peter whose back bore the scars of slavery captured in the 1863 photograph Whipped Peter

anye West speaks onstage during the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.   (Photo by Leon Bennett / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Can you separate art from the world’s greatest artists?

Has the notion of separating art from the artist evolved? The answer is personal and lies in the eyes, ears, and actions of audiences.

Latest design and foodie trends at Durban Home Garden Show

The event celebrates 40 years of the city’s design scene. The 2022 edition brings together fashion folk, beer culture, architecture and greenery, while giving visitors their…

Objects of Desire

Contemporary classics from Scandinavian-inspired design to genderless timepieces