All is set for the inaugural 2011 Arise Magazine Fashion Week Lagos which will be held from March 10th-13th, 2011. Scheduled to perform at the show is American R &B singer Keri Hilson, British pop star Estelle and Nigerian-British rapper Tinie Tempah. Nigerian rapper Naeto C and R &B artist Darey Art- Alade will also …
Arise Magazine Fashion Week Lagos 2011 Schedule: Deola Sagoe, Tiffany Amber, Jewel by Lisa and More!
Nigeria’s fashion industry gets a major facelift with Arise Magazine Fashion Week Lagos. The event takes place in Lagos from Thursday March 10th to Sunday March 13th 2011. Over twenty Nigerian designers will be showing including the big names like Deola Sagoe, Jewel by Lisa and Tiffany Amber. Nigerian artists Darey Art Alade and Naeto …
Is South Africa’s Push for Global Fashion Domination Premature?
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 …
House of Versatile Styles NYFW Fall 2011 Presentation
While some emerging fashion designers spend their first few years in fashion experimenting with various concepts and themes, that is not necessarily the case with designer Bukky Are. Are, owner of House of Versatile Styles, has a clearly defined voice as evidenced in the Fall 2011 collections she presented at the just concluded New York …
New York Fashion Week Fall 2011 Trend Recap
Now, I’m not usually one to mix fashion and religion, but thank the good Lord in heaven a much needed jolt of life has been injected into the fashion world, which has been on life support since the economy tanked in 2008. Just as we wondered whether the industry had lost its will to live, …
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 …