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The Namibian
Mon 12 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair? Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform. SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
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Jewellery
They’ve Got Jokes... And Jewellery
Martha Mukaiwa
If you and your best friend are both stand-up comediennes in the bawdy business of shocking all and sundry with politically incorrect puns and the reality of your lack of underwear, it goes without saying that the most logical thing to do with your spare time is to make jewellery just as quirky and custom crazed as you are.
Enter Zell and Weezil, Free Your Mind’s funny femmes, whose ambling about in “earlaces,” and bucket earrings, much to the envious oohs and aahs of fashionistas, led to the establishment of new accessory kid on the block Funky. Fresh. Glam.
Kicking off at City Flea Market in December 2012, the two jokers by day and jewellers by night have spent the last few months creating one of a kind accessories for every girl who’s ever imagined tripping a wench for wearing the exact same Mr. Price fare dangling from her own incensed ears.
Originally, the brain child of Zell, who describes the pairing as fiercely pro-Namibia, pro-women and bent on world domination, Funky. Fresh. Glam, much like their comedic careers, is aimed towards pushing the limits of art and presentation through a fortuitous compatibility of personality. And hyperactivity.
“I’m a slave driver and Weezil is an insomniac so she works away at the jewellery like she’s in a sweatshop making one of a kind pieces that go beyond basic beads but rather play around with textures, feathers and metals to make items that are an extension of our personalities,” says Zell of Weezil.
And Weezil of Zell: “Zell’s design input makes sure we are generally on trend in terms of colour and what people are feeling but we always get quirky pieces like buckets, hangers, forks and knives and things people don’t necessarily use as jewellery and incorporate them into our items for a bit of affordable funk and freshness.”
Also quite green in their goings on, when an item fails to sell twice at market they simply recycle its elements by disassembling it and making it into something sure to draw in the damsels. This makes sure that stock doesn’t endlessly pile up while also adding an element of market research in that they know which of their dangles are the duds.
As the world isn’t perfect and not everyone wants to run around with forks dangling from their jug handles, Funky. Fresh.
Glam offers custom jewellery making, should one have the foresight to order their wares at least a week in advance.
A wide awake Weezil will then mock up three items based on your colours, items and mood and, just like that, the threat of walking into the bathroom to find everyone wearing the same N$80 chandelier earrings and faux silver collars is expertly averted.
Still very much in its growing stages, Funky. Fresh. Glam recently reached sponsor status by providing all the gorgeous jewellery worn at Free Your Mind’s all female show ‘Cherrie on Top’.
“We were really proud to sponsor all the jewellery for this all female event and with spring on its way we’re looking forward to growing even more and expanding our line,” says Zell.
Items to look forward to are bags, maxi dresses, throw cushions, beanies and placemats all bang on trend but without losing the “integrity of originality” says Weezil. In an Irish accent.
Ever punting, these Jills of all trades add that should you be looking for event directors and comediennes as well as jewellery made by event directors and comediennes, you’d do well to dial F for Funky. Fresh. Glam for affordable accessories, organisation and amusement.
Catch Zell and Weezil for Funky. Fresh. Glam at the Fashion and Art Flea Market between 10h00 and 17h00 every first Saturday of the month at Garlic and Flowers. Custom and general shopping queries for birthdays, bachelorettes and just being a babe can be made on their Facebook page where they’re none too short on jokes. And jewellery.
– Mail them on: funky.fresh.glam@gmail.com and mail me on martha@namibian.com.na
Kicking off at City Flea Market in December 2012, the two jokers by day and jewellers by night have spent the last few months creating one of a kind accessories for every girl who’s ever imagined tripping a wench for wearing the exact same Mr. Price fare dangling from her own incensed ears.
Originally, the brain child of Zell, who describes the pairing as fiercely pro-Namibia, pro-women and bent on world domination, Funky. Fresh. Glam, much like their comedic careers, is aimed towards pushing the limits of art and presentation through a fortuitous compatibility of personality. And hyperactivity.
“I’m a slave driver and Weezil is an insomniac so she works away at the jewellery like she’s in a sweatshop making one of a kind pieces that go beyond basic beads but rather play around with textures, feathers and metals to make items that are an extension of our personalities,” says Zell of Weezil.
And Weezil of Zell: “Zell’s design input makes sure we are generally on trend in terms of colour and what people are feeling but we always get quirky pieces like buckets, hangers, forks and knives and things people don’t necessarily use as jewellery and incorporate them into our items for a bit of affordable funk and freshness.”
Also quite green in their goings on, when an item fails to sell twice at market they simply recycle its elements by disassembling it and making it into something sure to draw in the damsels. This makes sure that stock doesn’t endlessly pile up while also adding an element of market research in that they know which of their dangles are the duds.
As the world isn’t perfect and not everyone wants to run around with forks dangling from their jug handles, Funky. Fresh.
Glam offers custom jewellery making, should one have the foresight to order their wares at least a week in advance.
A wide awake Weezil will then mock up three items based on your colours, items and mood and, just like that, the threat of walking into the bathroom to find everyone wearing the same N$80 chandelier earrings and faux silver collars is expertly averted.
Still very much in its growing stages, Funky. Fresh. Glam recently reached sponsor status by providing all the gorgeous jewellery worn at Free Your Mind’s all female show ‘Cherrie on Top’.
“We were really proud to sponsor all the jewellery for this all female event and with spring on its way we’re looking forward to growing even more and expanding our line,” says Zell.
Items to look forward to are bags, maxi dresses, throw cushions, beanies and placemats all bang on trend but without losing the “integrity of originality” says Weezil. In an Irish accent.
Ever punting, these Jills of all trades add that should you be looking for event directors and comediennes as well as jewellery made by event directors and comediennes, you’d do well to dial F for Funky. Fresh. Glam for affordable accessories, organisation and amusement.
Catch Zell and Weezil for Funky. Fresh. Glam at the Fashion and Art Flea Market between 10h00 and 17h00 every first Saturday of the month at Garlic and Flowers. Custom and general shopping queries for birthdays, bachelorettes and just being a babe can be made on their Facebook page where they’re none too short on jokes. And jewellery.
– Mail them on: funky.fresh.glam@gmail.com and mail me on martha@namibian.com.na
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