I have never seen so many Guccis, Louis Vuittons, Amiris, Dolce Gabbanas and Burberrys in one place, but that's how they roll at the HollywoodBets Durban July.
It was difficult to ascertain which one was real and which was fong kong (fake), but there was no fakeness about the memorable event that captures the imaginations of South Africans every year.
For fear of being ridiculed as someone with cheap taste, I will not entertain questions about who dressed me and what was the idea behind the colours I went with because I did not go that far as I am not a fashionista.
Everywhere you looked from the airport to the hotel, discussions were largely about designers and what was the thinking behind the choice of colours and cloth materials people went with.
There were those who went with clothes that had screaming designer labels to capture attention. For most people my sense was that it was less about jockeys and the horses than about making a fashion statement.
