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Happy Sunday, Real Estate + American Vogue
This has been the bankiest of Bank holiday weekends, funky weather et. al. I’ve been listening to a lot of Morning Becomes Eclectic (whilst taking a break from the awesome Gidi Lounge, of course), working against a backdrop of (read: falling asleep to) Real Estate (see YouTube clip of “It’s Real” above) and Jason Bentley’s […]
On African Women & Yoruba Folk Songs
August 19, 2012
One week after the Olympics, I am still caught in a hazy web of happiness brought on by our collective cheering for our sporting comrades (in my case, Team Nigeria, Team USA and Team GB). I was slow on the uptake. I was one of the grumbling Londoners A.A. Gill wrote about in his London […]
Vogue Festival and Fashion Stories
March 6, 2012
Fa-fa-fa-fashion! For some reason, the e-mail from the organizers of the Vogue Festival hit my multiple e-mail accounts simultaneously causing a sort of fashion-driven sonic domino effect: an email ping here, an iPad ding there. I ignored the email(s) for a couple of minutes but my resolve could only last so long. What, pray tell, […]
American Vogue + Africa’s Best Dressed
November 10, 2011
I am home at a decent hour this evening, and for that I thank God. After a long week at work, I’m looking forward (as I always do) to the weekend. I’m taking a train to somewhere nice and tucking into Teju Cole’s Open City (from the snatches I’ve read on my early morning tube […]
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 […]
Better Know an African City: Move, Learn & Eat
October 9, 2011
Better Know an African City – is part of an ongoing series of posts on African cities on Cherchez la Curl. The series aims to collate information on and expose the quirks, infrastructure and beauty of Africa’s cities so as to facilitate discussion that will help their leaders make them better and more livable. I saw […]
Bergdorfs + The Faces of 5F
September 17, 2011
Bergdorfs is the place where dreams are born. Period. Bergdorfs recently ran a competition to find the faces of 5F (their fifth floor). I only got wind of the competition after the Bergdorfs newsletter arrived in my inbox and I dutifully clicked the link to watch the video. It’s so cute! Liberty of London and […]
African Women in Film – Nikyatu Jusu
August 28, 2011
During my day job, I spend hours staring at tiny numbers in tiny little gray rectangles, manipulating them (not in any sort of untoward way), cajoling them, squeezing out whatever essence they have to offer me at that moment. During my hobby time, I spend hours in front of my computer staring at Cocoa. Either […]
Ball Gowns & Afros
August 22, 2011
The New York Times Sunday Magazine for August 21st ran an editorial featuring various artists with natural hair/afros wearing evening dresses. All photography by Alice O’Malley. Corinne Bailey Rae (she of the most awesome, mightiest, fearsest afro…and she kind of looks like my sister and my cousin, who unfortunately do not have an equally fantastic […]
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