Belinda relocates

Belinda, the inspirational boutique which launched last year in Parkhurst has relocated to Hyde Park Shopping Centre. This shopping mecca stocks the likes of Stella McCartney, Marni, Chloe & Miu Miu. Fashionistas and shopaholics congregated last week for the relaunch of this marvelous store. Hyde Park also took the opportunity to announce the top Spring/Summer looks and trends.

According to gurus, the top four international looks to wash onto our shores are:

Country Heritage, which borrows strong influences from the sometimes frumpy, rather unlikely fashion icon, Queen Elizabeth I. It should be clarified that we're talking about the queenie when she's off duty. This would inlcude trousers, headscarves and preppy twin sets and pearls.

Next is the look is global traveler, from Brazil Carnivals to Inca Trails, Russian influences and Hobo chic - rather strangely dubbed Tribal Council. (I think it is a bit far flug to include allthis in one trend, and I think it's a bit of confusing name!). The icon for this look is model, the breathtakingly beautiful Jordan Dunn.

Next we have Soft Goth (a trend which first hit several seasons ago, egads Emo has infiltrated mainstream!) The icon for this look, Katie Holmes - I'm guessing that one of the top looks is the combination of her sharp, ebony bob with the red armani dress she wore to The Met Costume Institute Gala.

Architectural Tailoring. The new austere strict and sculptured. Icon models for this look are Agyness Deyn, Victoria Beckham, and our own Liezel van der Westhuizen. (I'm not sure how these three ladies can be said to be following one look! And, austere refers to plain in style... I DEFINITELY would not describe Agnys Deyn as plain in style. Androgenous, perhaps... Cutting edge... definitely, daring... absoulutey because few people can go out with an eye-patch and pull it off but austere, hell no!)

Check out the pics of all that attended... Uyanda Mbuli was as elegant and gracious as ever, she is just such a wonderful woman. And I'd like to state that I think Aspasia Karras is just about the most chic woman in the media, she always looks so effortlessl fab!