Maki-Oh ‘Everything in Proportion’ Fall/Winter 2010 Collection

Ladybrillemag.com is loving the Maki-Oh debut collection for Fall/Winter 2010 by Amake Osakwe. Osakwe as demonstrated by debut collection is one to watch. The emerging designer collaborated with celebrated award-winning Nigerian artist, Nike Okundaye for Fall/Winter 2010 to produce an ‘Everything in Proportion’ themed collection. ‘Everything in Porportion’ by Maki-Oh/Amaka Osagwe Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, …

Design Indaba Expo 2010 South Africa- February 26th-28th, 2010

Design Indaba Expo begins tomorrow in South Africa and we can’t wait to see what this year brings as creative minds worldwide converge to find design solutions to today’s problems. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in the west through contemporary African fashion …

Duro Olowu Ready-To-Wear Fall 2010: London Fashion Week Review

Designer Duro Olowu offered a breath of fresh air for his Fall 2010 ready-to-wear (RTW) London Fashion Week collection. Yes, we love Duro’s colorful African/non-African exotic colorful prints but do we want to dress that colorful all the time? No. This season, Olowu appeared to recognize the need for balance and flexibility in his collections when it …

Orleans Designs by Hazel Aggrey-Orleans, Spring/Summer 2010 COCO Collection

Well before African fashion was considered a fashionable topic and the ankara fabric gained momentum in the West the way it has, Ladybrille Magazine predicted “African inspired blouses and dresses will become main staples in the West like the modern takes we see with Kimonos.” We were seen as “very ambitious” with our predictions. Our predictions, however, …