We are off to the races!
Saddle up SMaggers, the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July gallops into town at the Greyville Racecourse, Durban, on Saturday.
The highly attended social calendar event promises to be a day sparkling with glitz and glam where high stakes and high fashion converge on the manicured greens.
This year’s dress code is themed “Marvels of Mzansi”, honouring everything that makes us uniquely South African – diverse cultures, rich heritage and the zeitgeist of its people.
Zolani Mahola is set to sing the national anthem, with the other star-studded line-up of performers including Mafikizolo, Lira, Hot Water, GoodLuck, DJ Dalootz, Lee Cole and Sunset Sweatshop.
Inspired by the recent Milan and Paris runways swirled in with local designer flare, SMag has the style guide as your cheat sheet to the last-minute fashion glam-up ahead of Saturday:
All things wild and weird
Bring out your interpretation of African haute couture with unconventional pairings stirred with personality. As seen at Gert-Johan Coetzee in April, models walked the showcase in electric azure beading and panelling with a polaroid helmet. SMag cover star Ponahalo Mojapelo led the final in a scarlet baroque-styled corset in the shape of an elephant’s trunk. The ensemble was complete with beading over graphic boot pants.