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Maki Oh + Spring 2013
The frenzy that was the Nigerian fashion industry circa 2010/2011 where (it felt like) every week a newly knighted fashion designer debuted a collection for the world to see (& BellNaija’s harsh fashion critics to judge) seems to have died down somewhat. The African fashion industry is still making significant strides, but the barriers to […]
Rain Rain Go Away – Swim + Pretty Prints
May 19, 2012
Living in England, summer usually feels like a passing memory even before it’s arrived. A few hours of sunshine followed by extended periods of gloomy grey rain, which while cosy and ideal for snuggling up with a good book, leave me feeling like summer is to be enjoyed in drips (literally). I’m looking forward to […]
AfroCool + Jewel by Lisa
March 29, 2012
I really, really love Nigerian label Jewel by Lisa and the way they continue to re-imagine traditional African shapes and prints in a modern cool way. Looking at their clothes always leaves me antsy for summer! I love that with their recent (Summer 2012? I’m confused by the African fashion calendar) collection Jewel by Lisa […]
D’Banj + Oliver Twist
March 18, 2012
Well, it’s here; the official music video for D’Banj’s single Oliver Twist. Released a day after Don Jazzy announced the official dissolution of his relationship with D’Banj, this has been quite the weekend for Afrobeats. My knowledge of/familiarity with D’Banj’s ouevre (*giggles*) isn’t sufficiently deep to understand the full impact of the breakup but comments […]
What I Talk About When I Talk About Ankara: Acne + Daniel Silver Capsule Collection
October 22, 2011
Looking through my recent posts, I notice I haven’t really put up anything around the topic of African fashion. I am suffering from an acute case of ‘African fashion’ fatigue, the primary cause being that little bit of printed fabric known as Ankara. I am at saturation point: the multitude of new designers having popped […]
New School AfroBeat: J. Cole + Can’t Get Enough
October 18, 2011
I’m probably one of the last people in the “youth” demographic to latch on to J. Cole’s debut album Cole World. While I’ve been hearing rumblings about mixtapes and delayed release dates for what seems like a year, I only heard a single off Cole World for the first time today, roughly three weeks after […]
Vintage Nigerian Beauty Ads: Lotus Body Lotion
September 3, 2011
I have a secret stash of Nigerian women’s magazines from the 60s I love to flip through for the articles (surprisingly modern, the state of female affairs in Nigeria today almost seems archaic in comparison), the fashion (editorials with Lanvin, Tahari paired with Aso Oke and Adire…the priests in Ecclesiastes said it best when they […]
Suno x The J. Label – Embellished Prints
June 23, 2011
I mentioned in a recent post how, after the relentlessness with which African fashion (jazz hands included) was served from Christmas 2010 through to the Arise Fashion Week in Spring 2011, I started feeling somewhat overwhelmed and fatigued by the seeming sameness of the clothes I was seeing. I like Ankara as much as the […]
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