“Emotan was a Nigerian women’s magazine published in the late 70s/early 80s with fashion spreads that mixed local prints with Western designers (Tahari, Lanvin, etc.) and articles on politics, beauty, interiors and design, etc. Photography by Keiko Oikawa Comfort & Samuel“
June 23, 2011
Switching things up a bit, this is not a fashion post. I have finally overcome my guilt over the ever more fashion-leaning ways of this blog, so that guilt is not a factor here. Basically, I wanted to shout out another (admittedly smaller) branch of what I like to call the Nigerian Style Renaissance, which […]
May 18, 2011
I often feel a bit like I’m cheating when I put up posts on fashion as I don’t necessarily have to do the same amount of research as I would for a Better Know a City post. I can put together 3 or 4 fashion posts with the same amount of effort as required for […]
May 16, 2011
January 24, 2011
May we all be as happy as this bright lady in Damask + Lace on this fair Monday. Afrique, c’est chic indeed.
November 23, 2010
Ankara for the home in R+G Collective‘s pop up shop via L.A. in Bloom. Simply gorgeous! In the modern pursuit of Africanism, fashion/design coming from inside and outside Africa seems to have left Ankara’s prettier (in my opinion) cousin, Adire, out in the cold. I’d like to bring her back in Visit Comfort […]
April 4, 2012
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