Writer Sandiso Ngubane feels South Africa’s industry professionals need to pay more attention to the country’s local industry rather than push a global fashion domination agenda, at least for now. Sandiso reports on the Africa Fashion International meeting she attending coming off the heels of the just completed Joburg Fashion Week. “Last night as I …
Tiffany Amber 'Raw Glamour' Spring/Summer 2011 Collection
Tiffany Amber is out with its latest Spring/Summer 2011 collection aptly called “Raw Glamour.” “This season, I had an image of a glamorous and exotic Tiffany Amber woman who loves to provoke and seduce with cheeky opulence. I used aqua, spring green, daffodil, white, and iris for a sophisticated and confident elegance,’” said Folake Folarin-Coker …
Musician Iyadede Announces ‘Bowbi Ladawa,’ her Accessory Design Line
Musician Iyadede adds a new title to her list of accomplishments. She is now an accessory designer! Her accessory design brand is called Bowbi Ladawa and according to Iyadede, the brand is “born out of artist Iyadede’s frustration to find items, clothes and jewelry that fit her personality on the market: A young African woman …
Lanre Da Silva Ajayi Vlisco Gallery of Poems Collection (Pictures)
The Lanre Da Silva Ajayi (LDA) brand gets more refined each day. It also appears the designer now understands the importance of a pragmatic commercial ready to wear collection suiting for the LDA woman in Nigeria. We are glad to see one of her latest collections, as part of the Vlisco Gallery of Poems, reflect …
Joburg Fashion Week: Suzaan Heyns Ready to Wear Collection Autumn/Winter 2011
A brilliant design collection, for us, is a well edited one. One that tells a story from the beginning to the end, excites us and motivates us in a “gotta have mustha” have sense. Pieces can be deconstructed and can occupy our wardrobes as timeless classic pieces. If the collection pushes the envelope a bit …
African Designers: Duro Olowu Fall 2011 Ready to Wear Collection (Pictures)
What a beautiful collection by Duro Olowu for his Fall 2011 collection. Great use of prints and colors. Silhouettes are absolutely sexy given his cut on the bias; and his clever print combination, innovative. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in the west …