Local is lekker
SYLK&HONEY
sylkandhoney.com
This luxury loungewear brand was inspired by the old cobbled streets and churches of Sicily, Italy, says the brand’s Sicilian South African founder, Sylvanna Di Bella. An avid traveller, she struggled to find well-made, well-suited and comfortable yet stylish loungewear to fit her shape, which inspired her to move in that direction, says Sylvanna, who lives in Johannesburg. Her brand caters for various body shapes and skin tones. “We love making women feel beautiful – and always comfortable!”
LTM CURVE
@ltm.curve
is the woman behind this curvy brand. “As a curvy woman, I always found it hard to find clothing items that made me feel sexy because everything available to us was either frumpy, old-fashioned or outdated florals and prints,” Laverne says. “I wanted to ‘bring sexy back’ to the woman with curves or extra lumps and bumps. A huge motivating factor as well was to change the mindset of what curvier women could or couldn’t wear! Starting my clothing line was a
