Rosenwerth Mercedez Benz Fashion Week 2012

Last week Rosenwerth were the opening show at the Mercendez Benz Fashion Week 2012 and they kicked off their Summer collections with beautiful layered, virginal whites tailored into dresses and separates. Marzipan jewellery accentuated their white collection with romantic over long pearl and ribbon necklaces accented with woven crochet flowers.

Stay tuned for more...........

Summer 2012 Preview

White is nearly always a Summer favorite and this season is no different in it's hue only it's styling. You can go for structured tailoring with clean lines and simple shapes or the more feminine option which demands lots of anglaise, soft silks, lace, and romance. Or you can be a daredevil and combine the romance with serious manly tailoring.  Hmmm...sounds like a match made in heaven in any case. Ok, enough of my silly ramblings about frocks, frills, lace and love.  But in case you need visuals, see here Kate Moss in the Louis Vuitton Spring collection for 2012. She looks innocent enough but really she came onto the catwalk smoking a cigarette. Wild child.

Kate Moss for Louis Vuitton Spring 2012 Collection.

For the structured and simple tailored version of the white trend see here below.

Structured tailoring.

So now back to us..we will be previewing our Spring Collection at the Mercedes Benz Cape Town Fashion Week 2012 with Rosenwerth. Check out the details of the show here:  http://www.afi.za.com/ or here http://www.facebook.com/events/367691116632147/

Marzipan Spring 2012 preview

Marzipan Spring 2012 preview

Marzipan Spring 2012 preview

Hampton Court Flower Show 2012

So what do flowers and jewellery have in common? I can think of  lots of answers to that question now that I am asking it..hmm, but what springs to mind in a most obvious way is the word decoration and adornment. We love flowers in our houses and our gardens in the same way that we can't resist the shine and glint of jewel and bead.

Hampton Court Flower Show 2012

So the next question is what does Marzipan have in common with The Hampton Court Flower Show? Well, we are there as it happens. There is the Country Living Magazine Pavilion which plays host to more than 120 exhibits where visitors can browse and buy home products from fine furniture and garden accessories to clothing, jewellery, arts and crafts.

Creative Dezigns at Hampton Court

Creative Dezigns, one of our UK based customers exhibiting in the Country Living Magazine Pavillion.

The New Website

I created our first website nearly seven years ago and it was way way overdue for a make-over. It took me nearly two years to get to the point of actually doing something about it..why so long you ask?..I really don't know but some things really only happen when the timing is right. In fact I am a firm believer that nearly everything happens when it's time is right. Things that happen when the timing is off always end up going askew. And so,the time came and the painstaking job of negotiating with Mr. Hyper Text Markup Language began.

Marzipan does Natural...

Obviously it was not really me that did all the gritty work of constructing the new site, but the tortured labour of contemplating what to do, how to do it and how it was going to look in the end felt to me as vast and as unknown as the world wide web. But I was not alone! I am fortunate to have one the the best web designers in South Africa as a very good friend and he slowly but surely, step by agonising step edged me along the precipitous and worrisome path of creating the site. He was consistently positive, calm and upbeat as I went through stages of panic, worry and constant apprehension that it would not turn out the way I saw it all in my head. But finally the day arrived and it was done! And it turned out better than I thought it would ever be...well that's what you get when you have the best of the best doing all the real work. And all my efforts of worrying, wondering and feeling like it will never get there have vanished like mist in the sun.


For anyone who would like to find out about the services of my friend, the talented Hyper Text Markup Language negotiator, (web designer) you can find him here: www.animaz.net

Winter 2012 Jewellery trends

The Bitch is back

When we started Marzipan many years ago, one of our early creations was a massive choker style necklace that got the name of Superbitch. She was labelled thus because she was a bitch to make and when complete and draped around the decolletage of some skinny model or fashionista, she commanded the same title.

Its been a long while since we made anything like, her but she has decided to be reborn after many years of beauty sleep. Enter the Superbitch......

Superbitch Pearl Choker

And indeed it is true, pearls are back. Personally I am inspired by Chanel's  latest pre fall collection where the inimitible Karl Lagerfeld combines classic French style with Bombay glamour. There really is nothing more exciting than the blending of opposing and contrasting styles.

Chanel Pre Fall 2012

Spring Collection at Egality

Check out our new Nautical Spring collection that we designed exclusively for the very exciting new pop-up shop in Parkhurst called Egality. Felicity Spies, founder and owner of Egality is  very focused and passionate about what she does and it is a pleasure to work with someone that values local design as much as she does. Herewith more info on the store:

25, 4^th Avenue, Parkhurst, Johannesburg 2193 (cnr with 11^th Street)

www.egality.co.za

EGALITY page on facebook

071 452 2503

The Nautical  Collection features this very unusual piece which is made up from pieces of Porcelain and rare Chinaware.  Sourced on an old site up the West coast of South Africa where an old hotel burnt down many many years ago. The pieces have been polished and sanded down. Its a one-of-a-kind piece with a lot of history woven into it, or as Shelley would say, ' they probably just had a fight in the kitchen!' (LOL)