SA Model New Face of Guess

We are finally able to announce that the new worldwide Guess Girl is Candice Boucher from Outlaws Models in Cape Town. She recently returned to our shores following the Guess shoot in LA which was shot by world renowned photographer RAPHAEL MAZZUCCO. Overseen by Guess Icon Paul Marciano the shoot was a once in a life time opportunity for Candice. Other well known Guess models include Megan Ewing, Landi Swanepoel, Minki van der Westhuizen, Claudia Schiffer, Adriana Lima, Drew Barrymore, Anna Nicole Smith and Paris Hilton. Well done for flying the South African Flag High!!!! Look out for her on billboards around the world and in practically every fashion magazine of importance worldwide.

Some of my favorite commercials

Kiss....

For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone you can't get out of your head, so that when your lips finally touch you feel it everywhere. A kiss so hot and so deep you never want to come up for air. You can't cheat your first kiss. Trust me, you don't want to. Cause when you find that right person for a first kiss, it's everything.

Sasha's Essential Hit Picks

I recently got hold of one of the hottest albums of 2008 -Sasha's Essential Hit Picks!

It is also with pride that our latest addition to the FTV Marketing team is the cover girl - Tahlecia Albertze!

Stunning album by one of South Africa's best DJ's - well done Sasha!

Fashion TV Carnival at FTV Village Walk

Fashion TV South-Africa has announced the launch of “Fashion TV Carnival”, a series of beautiful couture runway fashion shows and live entertainment presented as an annual event. The first Fashion TV Carnival took take place on the 27th of March 2009 at one of Johannesburg’s most elegant new venues FTV Café Village Walk.

The event featured the Miss FTV Africa finalists, 4 live performances by Idols 2009, 5fm DJ Sasha Martinengo, Big Brother personality Margaret VD Westhuizen as MC and more.
The first show will took place at 19:00 and the second one at 21:00.
The venue extended from the Café into the entire parking area which allowed us to introduce SA’s longest outdoor fashion ramp to date.

Well done to the entire Fashion TV crew for the biggest event so far - especially to the project manager - Michelle Leibrandt

Happy Birthday Cosmo

Wednesday 25 March 2009 marked the 25th birthday party of all time favorite women's magazine - Cosmopolitan.
Well done to the Cosmo girls - I think the mag is directly responsible for most girl’s abiding delight in the glossy genre.
Also a special thanks to Pulsate for dressing the FTV girls!

To another 25 years!

Drew Barrymore does W

Three years ago, when Drew Barrymore turned 31, she decided that it was time to test herself. She had made a string of romantic comedies and launched a successful production company whose seven films had generated nearly $900 million in global ticket sales. But Barrymore felt she had grown a little too comfortable for someone “who likes to be out on a limb,” she says. “I thought, Where’s the fear?”

Moss Have Collection

AFTER nine seasons working together Kate Moss and Topshop have hit upon a winning fashion recipe. Take a large dollop of skinny jeans and flirty dresses, add some leather and suede for rock-chic bite, sprinkle on some Gallic striped knitwear and bake in the summer sun. This season though, the recipe has a few extra ingredients.

"I love wearing prints, particularly in summer and they've proved a real hit in my past collections," Moss explained. "Whilst researching the spring range we looked at loads of old prints and most of my favourites originated from the Liberty archive."

As VOGUE.COM reported in December, such was the supermodel's love for the iconic London department store's prints, her Topshop range for spring/summer borrowed from three classic designs. Kate Nouveau, Poppy and Lilabell - named after Kate's daughter Lila - are set to feature on dresses and camisoles in cotton and chiffon.

"Collaborating with the print studio was an amazing experience," Moss revealed. "The team are so knowledgeable and were very open to my ideas. The capsule range features original colour combinations exclusive to my spring collection."

The spring/summer 2009 offering will also feature Moss' first underwear outing with bras and pants in black lace and cotton florals.

Brad Pitt Does Oprah

Brad Pitt, and his little mustache too, did an interview with Oprah Winfrey that is scheduled to air today, Monday 30 March 2009.

He was there to promote his new movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but the topic was mostly on Angelina Jolie and their six children - Maddox, Pax Thien, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne. Pitt says it takes a half hour to get all six kids into the car:
"Angie’s militant about it. She’s right on top of it. Thank God, because I’m always forgetting something.”
Brad told Oprah that fatherhood has made him “hard as nails.” When asked how being a dad has changed him he replied:
“I’m impervious to poo, snot, urine, vomit. You can’t get me. You cannot break me down.”
He added that Shiloh is “in this thing” where she only wants to be called John. “it’s a Peter Pan thing.”

The Vanity Fair Spotlights: Women

Captured by some of the best photographers and dressed by master stylists, the women in Vanity Fair’s Spotlight series—models, actresses, performers—are free to let their inner selves shine. And lucky us if—as in the case of Gisele—that involves straddling a white horse completely naked. VF.com collects a decade’s worth of drop-dead gorgeous portraits.

African Queens

From Marc Jacobs to Louis Vuitton to Gucci, this summer’s fashion is writhing with exotic flora and fauna. Michael Roberts diagnoses the outbreak of zebra, python, and leopard, along with feathers, fringes, and bangles, as a full-blown case of Afrophilia

… And God Created Gisele

How does the world’s most successful supermodel—darling of the cameras, advertisers, and tabloids, and worth an estimated $150 million—make her life even more fabulous? By marrying star quarterback Tom Brady, then setting her sights on a higher consciousness. As Gisele Bündchen embarks on her next chapter, the exuberant 28-year-old beauty tells about her secret engagement, the shock of finding out Brady’s ex-girlfriend was pregnant with his baby, and how they’re working out the bi-coastal routine of a new family.

Formula 1 2009

Few Formula One seasons have been quite so keenly anticipated as this one. Major changes to the regulations, aimed at enhancing the show by promoting more overtaking opportunities while at the same time reducing costs, have given everyone a dramatic new set of challenges.

The most significant changes relate to aerodynamics, with smaller rear wings and wider front wings which, for the first time since 1969, may be adjusted by the driver, twice per lap. This is a direct result of intensive research done last year by Formula One’s Overtaking Working Group’s into ways of generating passing opportunities.

Thus the scene is set for another gripping season in which so much will remain unpredictable until the first few races have been run. And which will welcome yet another exciting new venue when the finale is held at the bespoke Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, on November 1. Who will be crowned world champion by then is anyone’s guess..

Denial

Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass.
And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim.
The world of pretend is a cage, not a cocoon.
We can only lie to ourselves for so long.
We are tired, we are scared, denying it doesn't change the truth.
Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world.
Head on, guns blazing.
De Nile.
It's not just a river in Egypt, it's a freakin' ocean.
So how do you keep from drowning in it?

Secrets

The thing people forget is how good it can feel when you finally set secrets free. Whether good or bad, at least they're out in the open.
And once your secrets are out in the open, you don't have to hide behind them anymore. The problem with secrets is even when you think you're in control, you're not.

Drawing the line..

At some point, you have to make a decision.
Boundaries don't keep other people out.
They fence you in.
Life is messy.
That's how we're made.
So, you can waste your lives drawing lines.
Or you can live your life crossing them.
But there are some lines... that are way too dangerous to cross.

Being close....

At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody.
So this thing, where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, is usually a load of bull.
So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick close by.
No matter how much we hurt them, the people that are still with you at the end of the day - those are the ones worth keeping.
And sure, sometimes close can be too close.
But sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need.

Happiness...

Maybe we're not supposed to be happy.
Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy.
Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is.
Appreciating small victories.
Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human.
Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know.
And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know.
At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate.

....a glass half full...

There's something to be said about a glass half full.
About knowing when to say when. I think it's a floating line.
A barometer of need and desire.
It's entirely up to the individual.
And depends on what's being poured.
Sometimes all we want is a taste.
Other times there's no such thing as enough, the glass is bottomless.
And all we want, is more.

Pain

Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals.
There are no solutions, no easy answers, you just breath deep and wait for it to subside.
Most of the time pain can be managed but sometimes the pain gets you where you least expect it.
Hits way below the belt and doesn't let up.
Pain, you just have to fight through, because the truth is you can't outrun it and life always makes more.

Growing up

I've heard that it's possible to grow up - I've just never met anyone who's actually done it.
Without parents to defy, we break the rules we make for ourselves.
We throw tantrums when things don't go our way, we whisper secrets with our best friends in the dark, we look for comfort where we can find it, and we hope - against all logic, against all experience. L
ike children, we never give up hope...

Rules of Intimacy

I wish there were a rulebook for intimacy.
Some kind of guide to tell you when you've crossed the line.
It would be nice if you could see it coming, and I don't know how you fit it on a map. You take it where you can get it, and keep it as long as you can.
And as for rules, maybe there are none. Maybe the rules of intimacy are something you have to define for yourself.

Fear of Failure

A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.

The Fairytale of FAITH

You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true.
At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. It's like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And it's not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away.

Julia Roberts - Allure Magazine

Julia Roberts's name is so synonymous with "movie star," it's hard to believe it's been forever since her last big starring role. Now she's back with two movies—Duplicity with costar Clive Owen and Fireflies in the Garden—and ready to talk about her life and loves. For more photos from her shoot with Michael Thompson in Malibu and the story "Domestic Goddess," pick up the March issue of Allure

Waarheid en Leuen

die aarde
draai regtig as iemand 'n leuen maak van jou wereld

nie dadelik nie
maar met tyd

soos 'n inkdruppel water kleur
sak dit in met tyd.

... en jou waarheid word 'n leuen

jou hart word 'n steen
jou oë leeg
oor een daad gepleeg

jou kop word lig
en swart word jou sig

die mes word uit jou hart gewikkel
asemhaling word 'n gesukkel
... en so besef jy weer

alles maak net seer

en die aarde
draai regtig as iemand 'n leuen maak van jou waarheid

Beteken

BETEKEN - WASSERFALL

Die rots waarin jy geglo het, het gebreek in die nag.
Alleen en onverwags. Met niks om in te glo nie, en niks om voor te val nie, lewe jy 'n storm elke dag.
Moenie dat hulle jou verstaan nie.
Niemand weet dis wat jou laat bestaan nie.

Wat is die reen, wat is die nag?
Wat is die rede vir jou lag?
Wat het jy beteken vandag?

As alles om jou koud word.
As alles om jou breek.
Moet nooit jouself vergeet.
In die stilte van jou hart is 'n storm wat nog woed.
In die donker kry jy moed.
Moenie dat hulle jou ooit breek nie.
Die wind bedaar en niemand hoef te weet nie.

En jy's maar net 'n druppel in 'n baie groot rivier. Jy's maar net die rede vir my binneste se vuur

Depp....Johnny Depp

W Magazine presents - Madonna - Rio Affair

Why Madonna Wore the Beckham Dress... and more

Costume designer Arianne Phillips, the stylist behind "Blame it on Rio," has been collaborating with Madonna for more than a decade, from the star's geisha-inspired period to her Patty Hearst look for American Life. Phillips, who also masterminded the clothing for Madonna's two previous epic photo portfolios for W (2003's "Madonna Unbound" and 2006's "Madonna Rides Again"), talked to us about the looks she chose for their latest collaboration.

The black zippered dress is so prominent in the story. What made you choose it and what did its designer (Victoria Beckham) have to do with it, if anything?
I initially chose this dress for the classic 50s-60s slim silhouette, which was what I was after for our story. I was also intrigued since it is from Beckham's debut collection -- I liked the "story" of one pop star to another. And I was pleasantly surprised at the high quality of the dress. The fabrication, details and fit are very well thought out.

Tell us about that graphic sequined dress. All the credit says is that it's vintage and from The Way We Wore, the vintage store in LA.
The dress is reminiscent of our initial inspiration for the shoot, the 1963 Jeanne Moreau film The Bay of Angels. It's from the select archives of Doris Raymond, the owner of The Way We Wore. Madonna had specifically requested I include some vintage 50s and early 60s garments to mix with the contemporary designer fashions, and Doris is my "go to" person for vintage. She has an amazing eye and unique sensitivity to vintage.

What are the sunglasses Madonna wears in so many of the shots?
I believe those are D&G. We loved them.

What's with the little lace gloves?
With styling I find it's always about balance -- not over accessorizing, while still being able to create a character. There was a finished, formal quality to the way women dressed in the 50s and 60s. Their outfits were complete with hat, gloves, jewelry and hosiery, and there was a modesty and femininity to the way women dressed. I found that the little lace gloves finished her character perfectly, as they're both demure and provocative.

What's up next for you?
I designed the costumes for Tom Ford's directorial debut, A Single Man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, which is forthcoming this fall. Right now I'm helping refurbish and create some new looks for Madonna's summer tour extension and I'm getting ready to attend the women's collections in Paris.

Ons vir jou Suid Afrika

Is dit nie te oulik nie??

Delicate

we might kiss
when we are alone
when nobody's watchin'
we might take it home
we might make out
when nobody's there
it's not that we're scared
it's just that it's delicate
so why d'ya fill my sorrow
with the words you've borrowed
from the only place you've known
why d'ya sing hallelujah
if it means nothin' to ya
why d'ya sing with me at all?
we might live
like never before
when there's nothin' to give
how can we ask for more?
we might make love
in some sacred place
that look on your face
is delicate
so why d'ya fill my sorrow
with the words you've borrowed
from the only place you've known
why d'ya sing hallelujah
if it means nothin' to ya
why d'ya sing with me at all?

Funny Advert...

I Care About You - Snippet from Grey's Anotomy

Words....

"Something you wish you could hear from the person it would mean the most hearing it from."
___________________________________

My Words:

"I wish you knew how important your words are to people.
The spoken and Unspoken.
Out of your mouth comes the power of life and death.
Be careful what you say
and don't forget about what needs to be said.

Your words are powerful."

What If?

What If...
Every day was treated like a new beginning?

Where grudges, bitterness, unforgiveness, and worries died the moment your head hit the pillow. And at the time you had awaken to a new morning your mind would be renewed, not lacking knowledge or wisdom from the past, but building on what has been made from prior situations and circumstances.

Each person you'd come into contact with you'd treat like it had been the first time you'd met them and your first impression persona was at the top of it's game. Being kind, loving, unconditional in terms of your friendship in how things are done to show thanks. What if, we did things without having presumptuous intentions of wanting to be thanked for what we had done.

What if, we shared our gifts just out of love and never had the expectations of wanting to be loved in return, because we had the reassurance of knowing we're already loved regardless of what we do.

What if, our confidence was placed in something bigger then ourselves so that our dreams weren't limited to our own fears and insecurities.

What if, believing was reality?

The Blowers Daughter - from the movie Closer

You my Glasses

My whole life... My whole adult life, I have been with men. And it always felt, you know, fine, good, but... I never... I mean -- I mean, I did, but not... Not like this. This is like needing glasses.
- Uhm, I've blinded you?
- No. When I was a kid, I would get these headaches, and I went to the doctor, and they said that I needed glasses. I didn't understand that. It didn't make sense to me because I could see fine. And then I get the glasses, and I put them on, and I'm in the car on the way home, and suddenly I yell... Because the big green blobs that I had been staring at my whole life, they weren't big green blobs. They were leaves on trees. I could see the leaves. And I didn't even know I was missing the leaves. I didn't even know that leaves existed, and then... Leaves! You... are glasses

Coldplay at the Grammys 2009

What an amazing performance

Vir Michelle...

Jy ken my so goed
Jy weet as ek seer het
Jy weet as ek bly is
Jy ken my…

Jy laat my lag
Jy help my altyd
Jy leen my altyd jou skouer
Jy ken my…

Jy ken my ouers
Jy ken my mense
Jy is my vriendin
Jy ken my…

Jy is altyd net jy
Jy, ‘n wonderlike kollega
Jy, ‘n wonderlike mens
En jy, jy ken my…

Barak Obama's Letter to his daughters

Barack Obama has written a letter to his two daughters: Malia Ann and Sasha (a.k.a. Natasha) about his love for them and what he wants for his children (I wish all fathers could be like him).

Here’s an excert:

Dear Malia and Sasha,

I know that you've both had a lot of fun these last two years on the campaign trail, going to picnics and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldn't have let you have. But I also know that it hasn't always been easy for you and Mom, and that as excited as you both are about that new puppy, it doesn't make up for all the time we've been apart. I know how much I've missed these past two years, and today I want to tell you a little more about why I decided to take our family on this journey.

When I was a young man, I thought life was all about me—about how I'd make my way in the world, become successful, and get the things I want. But then the two of you came into my world with all your curiosity and mischief and those smiles that never fail to fill my heart and light up my day. And suddenly, all my big plans for myself didn't seem so important anymore. I soon found that the greatest joy in my life was the joy I saw in yours. And I realized that my own life wouldn't count for much unless I was able to ensure that you had every opportunity for happiness and fulfillment in yours. In the end, girls, that's why I ran for President: because of what I want for you and for every child in this nation.

I want all our children to go to schools worthy of their potential—schools that challenge them, inspire them, and instill in them a sense of wonder about the world around them. I want them to have the chance to go to college—even if their parents aren't rich. And I want them to get good jobs: jobs that pay well and give them benefits like health care, jobs that let them spend time with their own kids and retire with dignity.

I want us to push the boundaries of discovery so that you'll live to see new technologies and inventions that improve our lives and make our planet cleaner and safer. And I want us to push our own human boundaries to reach beyond the divides of race and region, gender and religion that keep us from seeing the best in each other.

Sometimes we have to send our young men and women into war and other dangerous situations to protect our country—but when we do, I want to make sure that it is only for a very good reason, that we try our best to settle our differences with others peacefully, and that we do everything possible to keep our servicemen and women safe. And I want every child to understand that the blessings these brave Americans fight for are not free—that with the great privilege of being a citizen of this nation comes great responsibility.

That was the lesson your grandmother tried to teach me when I was your age, reading me the opening lines of the Declaration of Independence and telling me about the men and women who marched for equality because they believed those words put to paper two centuries ago should mean something.

She helped me understand that America is great not because it is perfect but because it can always be made better—and that the unfinished work of perfecting our union falls to each of us. It's a charge we pass on to our children, coming closer with each new generation to what we know America should be.

I hope both of you will take up that work, righting the wrongs that you see and working to give others the chances you've had. Not just because you have an obligation to give something back to this country that has given our family so much—although you do have that obligation. But because you have an obligation to yourself. Because it is only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential.

These are the things I want for you—to grow up in a world with no limits on your dreams and no achievements beyond your reach, and to grow into compassionate, committed women who will help build that world. And I want every child to have the same chances to learn and dream and grow and thrive that you girls have. That's why I've taken our family on this great adventure.

I am so proud of both of you. I love you more than you can ever know. And I am grateful every day for your patience, poise, grace, and humor as we prepare to start our new life together in the White House.


Love, Dad

Agent Provocateur - Valentine's Day Ad

2009 Mercedes McLaren SLR Stirling Moss

“Based on the SLR Roadster, the Stirling Moss features carbon fiber bodywork wrapping an SLR722-supplied 650-hp supercharged 5.5-liter V8 mated to a five-speed auto. As with the SLR722, the Stirling Moss can reach a top speed of 217 mph and will reach 60 mph in 3.5 seconds.

The roofless Stirling Moss features smaller “swing-doors” with a two-piece tonneau cover that can cover either the entire cockpit or just the passenger side. A retractable air brake, like the one on the Veyron, automatically deploys during hard braking from speeds above 75mph.

The 2009 Mercedes McLaren SLR Stirling Moss is limited to just 75 units. The cost of entry into this exclusive club will run you just north of $1,100,000, putting it just a bit out of our price range. We may not be able to afford it, but we’ll have live shots for you next month from the Detroit Auto Show. Press release below”

Pink & Ellen singing So What

Skyn van Vriendskap

soms is dit so moeilik
om alles vir jouself te hou
jy voel jy wil dit deel met iemand
‘n persoon wie jy kan vertrou

die eerste een aan wie jy dink
is dan ook gewoonlik hy
maar hoe kan jy hom dan vertel
die drome is oor hy en jy

jy hou maar jou drome vir jouself
al word jou gedagtes ‘n warboel
jy kyk die lewe in die oë
en gee voor dat jy niks voel

jy hoor van hom byna elke dag
en bly steeds vriendelik met hom
jy gee voor hy’s net nog ‘n vriend
dis net jy wat weet jou hart is vermom

en saans as jy alleen is
en die verlange word te erg
weet jy mens kan selfs jou grootste smart
agter die skyn van vriendskap verberg