In true Maria McCloy style, to get to her send-off meant tracing the city she loved so fiercely. Johannesburg did not simply mourn her it moved for her.
Cars lined up outside The Parktonian Hotel before people made the familiar walk toward the Joburg Theatre. No one needed directions. You simply followed the procession of style. The women in sculptural jewellery. The below the knee skirts. The leather jackets. The knitwear. The famous Mother Child T-shirts McCloy made iconic.
Even in death, Maria had styled the room.
