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Better Know an African City: Mercer Cost of Living Survey 2012
Better Know an African City – Mercer Cost of Living Survey 2012 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 […]
On Ms Lily’s & Natural Hair
September 1, 2011
Glancing through New York Magazine is beyond pastime for me; I literally log on to the website everyday. It provides an ideal mix of politics, finance, fashion, entertainment and the just-plain-random. My regular roster of news sources includes the New York Times, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and 234Next (and if anything exciting is happening in […]
Ajak Deng + Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony
June 9, 2011
Long time no blog! Unfortunately, I have been otherwise engaged over the past couple of weeks and have been left with minimal time to blog (or do much else). Literally, I’m awake at a slightly ungodly hour, browsing the internet before another day of work begins when I saw this photo of Ajak Deng walking […]
Ataui Deng + Haider Ackermann Fall 2011
March 7, 2011
Ataui Deng on the runway for Colombian/French fashion darling & Karl Lagerfeld’s chosen one Haider Ackermann in his Fall 2011 collection centred around the what to me seemed like a refined take on Mad Max. The Colombian designer is an offshoot of the same Belgian school (Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts) that introduced such fashion […]
Ajak Deng + Daks Spring/Summer 2011
February 19, 2011
As I’m preparing for a quick trip to Nigeria, I’ve been mentally planning my “looks”. Oh boy, if only my PhD supervisor could see me now! My focus on the matter has been so apparent that when I mentioned this to my sister, she said she was wondering why I had on such a […]
Vogue Italia + The Black Allure
February 4, 2011
Vogue Italia March 2011 – The Black Allure | Source NyMag.com The Black Allure spread shot by Australian photographer Emma Summerton and styled by American Vogue contributing editor Edward Enninful for Vogue Italia. The spread follows up on the sold-out success of Vogue Italia’s 2008 issue, which used Black models of various ethnicities throughout. […]
Lanvin + Ajak Deng = Fierce
October 16, 2010
Hottah than Fire! For a brief period of time, my cable subscription included Hi TV (London is very much a satellite of Nigeria! When I lived in the US/Maryland, I never had the pleasure of experiencing delights such as the Bisi Olatilo show). I moved, changed cable providers, and my Sunday morning relationship with Hi […]
Curly Africana – Ajak Deng
July 15, 2010
Model Ajak Deng – Curly Africana via Sudan and Australia Excerpt from article in The Age by Rachel Wells (March 2009): Out of Africa, fashion’s new black … Last month, two African models took part in the David Jones collections launch in Melbourne. And at Swim Fashion Week, two African girls strutted their stuff on […]
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