Designers Mathew Williamson & Duro Olowu Keep it Afri-Chic at London Fashion Week

Two designers, Duro Olowu and Mathew Williamson, with their Afri-chic collection, emerged as our favorites from the recently completed London Fashion Week. Duro Olowu: You would have to be under a rock not to know London’s fashion designer Duro Olowu. Former lawyer turned designer, Olowu is half Nigerian and Jamaican. His breakthrough came when Vogue’s …

Storm Record Upgrades Nigeria’s Music Industry with Naeto C’s ‘U Know My P’

When LADYBRILLE.com interviewed Storm Record’s music mogul, Obi Asika, we voiced our concerns about the quality of Africa/Nigeria’s music videos, fashions used in these videos and styling, among other fashion mishaps. Asika said he heard us and promised Nigeria’s music industry would receive and continue to receive a wealthy upgrade from the quality of videos, …

Africa Shows Strong Presence at New York Fashion Week, Spring 2008

New York Fashion Week Spring 2008 was a refreshing take on the aid vs trade debate observed at the recently completed TED conference. Fall 2007, NY Fashion Week was all about aid to Africa–think Designers for Darfur among many similar shows. This season, however, it is as if America’s fashion industry persons were at the …