BlackFabulousity https://www.blackfabulousity.com Your dose of African Goodness Sat, 06 Jun 2020 10:14:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.15 43673061 African Identity, Illustrated By Joseph Eze & Namsa Leuba https://www.blackfabulousity.com/african-identity-at-art-twenty-one-lagos-illustrated-by-joseph-eze-namsa-leuba/ https://www.blackfabulousity.com/african-identity-at-art-twenty-one-lagos-illustrated-by-joseph-eze-namsa-leuba/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:17:40 +0000 https://www.https://asset.cdnnest.com/20200922231838im_/https://blackfabulousity.com/?p=14213 "The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science", that quote perfectly encapsulates my experience.

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]]> https://www.blackfabulousity.com/african-identity-at-art-twenty-one-lagos-illustrated-by-joseph-eze-namsa-leuba/feed/ 2 14213 Repurposing Art For Fashion | Marianne Fassler https://www.blackfabulousity.com/marianne-fasslers-collection-at-mercedes-benz-cape-town-fashion-week-merges-art-and-african-fashion-mbfwct/ https://www.blackfabulousity.com/marianne-fasslers-collection-at-mercedes-benz-cape-town-fashion-week-merges-art-and-african-fashion-mbfwct/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2015 11:32:56 +0000 https://www.https://asset.cdnnest.com/20200922231838im_/https://blackfabulousity.com/?p=14309 With faces and patterns emerging from prints and non-commercial fabrics, Marianne Fassler created something new and truly African.

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]]> https://www.blackfabulousity.com/marianne-fasslers-collection-at-mercedes-benz-cape-town-fashion-week-merges-art-and-african-fashion-mbfwct/feed/ 4 14309 Discovering ‘Dambe’ | Portraits by August Udoh https://www.blackfabulousity.com/discovering-dambe-portraits-by-august-udoh/ https://www.blackfabulousity.com/discovering-dambe-portraits-by-august-udoh/#respond Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:05:12 +0000 https://www.https://asset.cdnnest.com/20200922231838im_/https://blackfabulousity.com/?p=14296 Finding an inspirational body of work can be such a task sometimes, but then you find that one doesn’t really need to look that far to find a story to tell…even if you don’t end up...

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]]> https://www.blackfabulousity.com/discovering-dambe-portraits-by-august-udoh/feed/ 0 14296 Weekend Mashup No. 06 https://www.blackfabulousity.com/a-collection-of-stories-on-african-creativity/ https://www.blackfabulousity.com/a-collection-of-stories-on-african-creativity/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2015 08:45:00 +0000 https://www.https://asset.cdnnest.com/20200922231838im_/https://blackfabulousity.com/?p=14277 Like we're guessing you already know, this is our occasional roundup of awesome things we find while stalking everyone on the Internet.

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]]> https://www.blackfabulousity.com/where-the-wild-things-are-brother-vellies/feed/ 2 14248 Orange Culture S/S 16 | The Things We Want https://www.blackfabulousity.com/orange-culture-ss-16-the-things-we-want/ https://www.blackfabulousity.com/orange-culture-ss-16-the-things-we-want/#respond Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:03:09 +0000 https://www.https://asset.cdnnest.com/20200922231838im_/https://blackfabulousity.com/?p=14196 What's exciting is that Orange Culture highlights the things we care about, like art and ethical handmade products.

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]]> https://www.blackfabulousity.com/orange-culture-ss-16-the-things-we-want/feed/ 0 14196 Pieces Of Autumn | Lisa Folawiyo A/W 15 https://www.blackfabulousity.com/pieces-of-autumn-lisa-folawiyo-aw-15/ https://www.blackfabulousity.com/pieces-of-autumn-lisa-folawiyo-aw-15/#respond Wed, 22 Jul 2015 08:40:59 +0000 https://www.https://asset.cdnnest.com/20200922231838im_/https://blackfabulousity.com/?p=14212 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.

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]]> https://www.blackfabulousity.com/pieces-of-autumn-lisa-folawiyo-aw-15/feed/ 0 14212 OmogeMuRa’s summer edit look book from the mind of the ‘photog’ https://www.blackfabulousity.com/omogemuras-summer-edit-look-book-from-the-mind-of-the-photog/ https://www.blackfabulousity.com/omogemuras-summer-edit-look-book-from-the-mind-of-the-photog/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2015 14:00:56 +0000 https://www.https://asset.cdnnest.com/20200922231838im_/https://blackfabulousity.com/?p=14177 Balanced in front of my laptop, part writing this article, part praying for this thunderstorm to give me a break and have some mercy on my other plans for the day, I realize that I’ve actually...

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]]> https://www.blackfabulousity.com/omogemuras-summer-edit-look-book-from-the-mind-of-the-photog/feed/ 0 14177 BFY Sits With T.I Nathan https://www.blackfabulousity.com/t-i-nathan-on-designing-and-fayrouz-l-original-competition/ https://www.blackfabulousity.com/t-i-nathan-on-designing-and-fayrouz-l-original-competition/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:16:14 +0000 https://www.https://asset.cdnnest.com/20200922231838im_/https://blackfabulousity.com/?p=14157 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.

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]]> https://www.blackfabulousity.com/t-i-nathan-on-designing-and-fayrouz-l-original-competition/feed/ 1 14157 Dissecting Designer Pieces At SA Menswear Week https://www.blackfabulousity.com/south-african-menswear-week-wearable-fashion-looks/ https://www.blackfabulousity.com/south-african-menswear-week-wearable-fashion-looks/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2015 10:25:55 +0000 https://www.https://asset.cdnnest.com/20200922231838im_/https://blackfabulousity.com/?p=14115 A compendium of wearable looks from the runway at South African Menswear Week

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