Repurposing Art For Fashion | Marianne Fassler
With faces and patterns emerging from prints and non-commercial fabrics, Marianne Fassler created something new and truly African.
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Orange Culture S/S 16 | The Things We Want
What’s exciting is that Orange Culture highlights the things we care about, like art and ethical handmade products.
Pieces Of Autumn | Lisa Folawiyo A/W 15
Replete with the influence of autumn, this collection is about movement, direction, journey, travel and transition, which Lisa makes very evident in every piece, as you’ll see.
BFY Sits With T.I Nathan
A year after he and a team of three others emerge as winners of the first edition of Fayrouz L’Original competition, we catch up with Nathan and ask all the burning questions.
Dissecting Designer Pieces At SA Menswear Week
A compendium of wearable looks from the runway at South African Menswear Week
Into Grey
A walk down memory lane inspired by Grey’s Definitive ’15 collection and a look at the aesthetic that defines the Grey Woman.
Weekend Mashup No. 04
Our occasional Friday collection of awesome things we find while stalking everyone on the Internet. Mashed Up while dreaming of summer vacation. Morocco? Zanzibar? Greece? Still deciding. First of all, your pictorial guide to the vocabulary…
Guided by Mermaids and Appropriation, Maki Oh Hits
Just yesterday, we were thinking about our favorite brands and how we would most likely have to wait till fashion week to see the new ideas, in form of clothes, that would walk the runway. Mentally, we…
Let’s Talk About S E L F I
Mercedes Benz fashion week Joburg is gone with the wind, and the buzz is temporarily centered on SA fashion week. But before we jump the gun, let’s share the collection that has adamantly refused to evade…
The Art Of Victor Ehikhamenor, Discovered Through Fashion
We’ve always believed that fashion as an art form, can throw down its commercial guns and take on the full embodiment of the creative arts, as was aptly illustrated through the fabrics of Ituen Basi’s Spring Summer…
Six Favorites From MaXhosa by LADUMA, Winner of The Vogue Talents scouting for Africa
The Vogue Talents scouting for Africa competition is finally over and we have a winner. South African knitwear brand MaXhosa by Laduma’s knit wear was able to push him above fan favorites Ghanaian accessories brand A.A.K.S and Nigerian…
Designer Brands We Love – Bridget Awosika
From the word go, Bridget Awosika was never one of those Nigerian designers who felt the need to wax on and on about African prints to authenticate their claim in the African fashion industry. Awosika’s brand…
AFWN Brunch And Promises The 2015 Edition Holds
As opposed to the general conception that fashion week is to be graced by prominent designers and well known fashion brands, AFWN (Africa fashion week Nigeria) takes a different approach. Its appeal is its focus on…
A Look Into AdéFashion Online Retail
In three words, Ade Fashion is Unique. African. Authentic. First up in our interview series, we’re putting the spotlight on Adé Fashion, a relatively new online retail store launched in the early days of November…
This Year’s 14 Favorite Things
What we love, who we’ve been crushing on and what we’ve talked most about.