The Crazy White Bitches have party standards on par with Robert Downey Jr’s pre-rehab behaviour and Kate Moss’s cocaine chic nuance. Their shindigs/clothes sales are a free-for-all status for whoever wants to get lost with them up-close or online.
Your blog is mostly about being sarcastic, foul, witty, exploring creative avenues, fashion and various obsessions. What was the idea behind it?
We didn’t want to get addicted to Farmville, so we started a blog as a way to procrastinate in a useful way. It started at the same time as our infamous sales/parties, and started to interlink. We eventually learnt how to check out stats and realised that we had a strangely huge following on our hands. The blog is an explosion of our internet obsessions, our lives in Cape Town and the work we put out.
You guys seem to have a large amount of support in your hometown. Who is your current pop culture obsession In Cape Town that needs more exposure?
Jana Babez. She was recently snapped topless with Lady Gaga, and the photo made its way onto the Daily Mail and The Sun. She’s an aspiring real-life Barbie Doll, and there’s talks of a reality show coming soon.
What do CWB bring that differs to every other second-hand stall?
We only sell clothes we would wear ourselves, and we’re usually pretty drunk at our sales/in our lives. We’re selling a lifestyle rather than just some dead people’s clothes.
These days, fashion is germinating through the web. What has the response been like on your online store?
It’s been amazing! We’ve had such a great response, our first celebrity shopper was Devonte Hynes (of Blood Orange), and this sale lead to him and Fani falling in love.
The bitches seem to recycle trends from the past and thrust them into contemporary style. Can you tell us the story of how you started?
It all started on one of our roadtrips around South Africa, when we stumbled upon a secret warehouse full of clothes from the 90’s. This is where our journey began..
CWB has been around for over a year now, rapidly evolving through experimenting with the new and the unexpected. Should we expect an original line, anytime soon?
We are moving away from second-hand and currently working on a Crazy White Bitches’ label, production company and talk show.
Photo : Shot by Caroline McKintosh for Chasseur Magazine Issue #3, Utopia.