Yawn!

Hi, my name is yang, and im bored! yes boredom hits me often. i have short attention span. heres 2 minute of my time, interest me. or not. not to say that people shouldnt do people. just that, why do we, as human beings choose to repeat the same actions over and over expecting a different outcome everytime? some defines it madness. yes and there are many facets to this broad definition. and everything has 2 sides at least. guess my point is, why repeat history?

I used to be a firm believer in tradition. absurdly conservative for a young individual. if i dont have to think, i will just do everything my mother does. but in my mind, i always dreamt of pushing boundaries, be inspired by newness, a different angle, revolutinary thinking...go against the grain...but in my actions i do the contrary...in attempts to please. but then it will always leads me back to this point. BOREDOM. sigh.

im beginning to wonder if this is a classic case of ADD?

and being human, i find myself in a place of uncertainty, of the future. of what it may be, what it may look like, and who we become. my question is, how can we imagine a future if we keep repeating the past?

Dont get me wrong, I am a historian at heart. nothing grabs me more than how and where we came from...and the creativity that had sprung from a time without technology, assumed knowledge and so on. but now im ready to imagine a future.

in fashion, we keep repeating the same eras, some take it for granted that 'it is what it is' , so happens in many other crafts. isnt it just so boring?

'so and so's work has this and that influence' (from the past) and mix and match and voila it is 'fresh' and 'new'!? everyone thinks they have something so different to offer, and that what they do will change things. really? or are we just being vain?

Just a thought, maybe in fashion we should just not wear any clothes for a while, or in architecture we should stop building and start living outside...sky is the roof and earth is our floor. haha hmmm

my point is pointless. but here it is nonetheless important cuz its mine.

New year plans, bold and beautiful. no more holding back, open as many cans of worms as possible...wow its 7pm already, where has time gone...life is short. let me go love it with my friends...

Happy Holidays!

Yours truly

x x

just another friday night

hey, my name is vida and i will now be writing for the doe blog

my friday night..

So there we were standing in the cold outside Assembly, hoping to be the first hundred through the door before having to pay a HUNDRED rand.

Once in, we leave again and head to Kimberley Hotel which welcomes us with cheap drinks, old men and a fresh arrival of 15-year-olds.

After a few drinks we went back to join the now Chevelle crowd at Assembly. I’m trying to remember and set the scene for the night, but all I remember is a lot of gold. Everywhere. Even on the tiny shorts that belonged to the stripper who was dancing on stage.

So my friends and I headed to a safe corner, farthest away from any speaker in order to avoid the terrible and repetitive lounge music. We were joined by the rest of the stunned locals and proceeded to drink.

Then there was Michael...at this point I had tried to use alcohol to savour what was left of the night.

Basically I was wasted.

(Michael: a former one night stand whose looks and conversational skills were a rare change from the generic minds of my usual acquaintances)

So we settled down for a chat and I tried to impress him by telling him about my close friendship with Niskarone which he responed by calling me a name dropper. He then was approached by a beautiful blonde. I sat there for a while able to keep my pride and my balance intact until my ridiculously drunk friend sat down, put her arm around me, and in her best slurred English screamed ‘This is my best friend!!’. At that point he got up and left with the blonde.

I bumped into him later af which point he suggested we leave to go Evol, but I was too busy telling him about my experiences backstage with a crack addict.

Classy.

The next time we met, I had drunk even more and he said he was tired and wanted to go home.

I begged him to come to Evol.

He refused.

I came up with all possible reasons and all possible scenarios on why he should come and ended off (in my highest and whiniest voice) with:

''doooon't gooooo''

He replied: ''Don’t beg, it’s not your style''

I said: ''Doooont goooo''

After this I made it as hard as possible for him to leave with stupid reasons like: ''Wait! You have to help me find my friend!'' and ''Wait! You have to see my new car!''

After a while he was able to get out of Assembly and safely home.

The girls and I walked in and out of Evol and headed home where I confessed my embarrassing behaviour and stated that all would be fine in the morning.

It wasn’t. I awoke with a sore head and an even more damaged pride.

Which brings me to my point:

Don’t go to bad parties.

Don’t drink too much.

And don’t harass one night stands.

thank god for clothing.

recently the doe people did a really great shoot at the woodstock industrial center which resulted in a long day and my friend half naked infront of the camera.

thank you to max for such a great job and a hole lotta fun.

the photos showing the new designs will be up soon!

tell you&me&everyone we know

Thank you to those who came to to hangout at the market last saturday!

This Thursday, We are joining Pink Ant at their Studio Christmas sale...

There will be drinks, music, and people!

of course, some more new Doe prints on sale!

Pink Ant studio

D-Floor Adderley Building

25 Adderley Street

Cape Town

6pm-10pm

(cash only)

check out Pink Ant's stuff here...

Yang

mail me if you need more info.

x

"Im not afraid to go bright"

my sincerest apologies...

Im here to report and show you the pics of our JHB soft launch, which happened afew lifetimes ago...it was doe.p>> many thanks to Kenny and Osmic for letting us use their space, and for hooking us up with Kudzi--artist extraordinaire..who, rolled up his sleeves and shown us what we didnt know a thing about---INSTALLATION----it went very well. many people came. we drank and skanked.

Preparation began on the 2nd (Nov) trying to pull it together for the 5th, as the mayor (zandi) put it, 'the unreasonable woman will insist on adapting the world to herself', we were, a group of unreasonable women, which consisted of--Mayoress of joberg ( Zandi), chairwoman of the board (Sizwe), MD (Phuthi AKA DJ gwai on the night) and myself- the most unreasonable of them all...

But we did it!

Thanks to uncle kenny and uncle os!

Kudzi!

DJ Gwai & and Golddigger!

JR for amazing photos!

Lauren, Jake, Nolan, Fuzzy, Chris & Carine!

Sizwe and Zandi!

Anthea!

Thahl!

&everyone who came to support and love.

Doe loves you...

now...whether you like it not, we're gonna take it to the top.

word!

DOE X MarciiGoose

Hello all

It's almost the weekend, that keeps me excited, hold tight.

Anyway just here to tell you that you will be able to buy DOE goods at the MarciiGoose market on Saturday 28th from 10am-3pm at the Labia on Orange Street.

We're going to have all the new prints on sale and this is definately something to be excited about!

So visit the website if you need more info otherwise come and visit us!

Anths

http://www.marciigoose.com/market/

Artcrack

yes take anthea out for lunch!

She deserves it.

Doe summer 09 delivery one is finally here!

heres a teaser!

mail us --- info@doetees.com----if you want to buy or sell a doetee.

:)

Happy friday...

x

LUNCH

guys if you are in Cape Town today you'll know that it is a day of utter perfection. Like ridiculous. If you are in Joburg it is 9 degrees and that sucks...sorry.

anyway the point is this, it is friday and it is awesome outside and i finish work at 13:00 but i am broke and thus cannot go out for a boozy lunch. this is tragic.

please help. this is my official sos. take me to lunch.

happy friday bitches!

p.s. it doesnt have to be as fancy as this picture, but a girl can dream

YOU MUST BE OVER 18

Carine (myself) is back in the beautiful city and wanted to share something special with you.. Pon de Floor!!!

Doe Doers, take note, THIS IS THE DOPEST VIDEO I have seen in a while, Africa Magic on Steroids! Sit back , and entertain that business mind.

Nice to see Auntie Yang and the beautiful new prints, hot hot from the oven, thanks to all the talented contributing artists - I have myself reserved a few..

tis wise to follow in my footsteps, y’all know what to do!

xx

Carine @ Doe

Major Lazer "Pon De Floor" from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.

Hipsters and Gangsters

So on Saturday night me and our DOE homie MK had a birthday party at Co.Lab (see earlier posts if you don't know what this is). Theme was hipsters & gangsters. Anyway point is the party was kicking and can honestly say it was one of our best birthdays ever. So we were fortunate to have Mr Max Mogale there to party with us and take some pics. I decided to share mt favourite ones with you guys.

Enjoy

Anths xx