... an expensive buy

Trade in fake designer labels is a lucrative business as (unscrupulous or unwitting) vendors enjoy a brisk turnover in imitation goods and customers, desperate to remain stylish on a melting budget, happily grab what appears to be the ultimate in a fashion statement bargain.

... and what they are in a changing South Africa

Since the demise of apartheid in 1994, with its strong Christian-based value system that was not applied or accepted across all cultures, South Africa has embarked on a struggle of another kind – to find a common set of personal, cultural, religious and social values. 

Although we are brought up to believe that weddings are supposed to be a magical day of transformation into the fairy-tale happily ever after; this side of reality there is a lot of hard work, planning and stress management involved in manifesting that fairy-dream into reality – in accordance with the constraints of budgets, personal wishes and family demands.