Francois Rall for Carducci Women Winter 2009 incorporates a lot of juxtapositions. For example, straw hats juxtapose finely tailored suits while long dresses are contrasted with platform strappy sandals. Nevertheless, the collection does not lose focus, which is to remain timeless, especially in this recession prone times. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a …
Design Indaba 2009, Hip-Hop Winter Collection ’09
South Africa’s Hip-Hop Label showed a funky yet elegant collection for Winter ’09 Photocredit: Simon Deiner/SDR 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 and celebrating the brilliant woman in business and leadership, with an emphasis on the …
Design Indaba 2009, Fashion Shows-Backstage
Design Indaba is one of South Africa’s largest trade event representing various sectors of South Africa’s design industry. The trade event has two major offerings, the Design Indaba Conference and the Design Indaba Expo. The Conference gathers the brightest minds in graphic design, advertising, film, music, fashion design, industrial design, architecture, craft, visual art, new …
Momo Introduces the Nigerian Gele “Proper, Proper” at London Fashion Week
Fati Asibuela, the brain behind the Nigerian fashion label MOMO which showed at New York Fashion Week Fall 2009, is on a roll! Just completing New York Fashion Week, she headed to London Fashion Week to show another collection. While most of the clothing designs remained the same as what she showed in New York, …
Georges Chakra, Fall 2009 Collection is Res Ipsa Loquitor!
Res ipsa loquitor is a Latin common saying in the legal field. It means, “the thing/evidence speaks for itself.” Georges Chakra’s Fall 2009 Collection is simple Res Ipsa Loquitor. Bold, strong, feminine, dramatic and downright gorgeous, you are guaranteed, if caught in one of these designs, to make a very brilliant breathtaking statement without saying …
STONED CHERRIE: ThisDay/Arise Magazine, African Fashion Collective Fall 2009
Silk charmeuse, silk chiffons, silk taffetas and shwe shwe are some of the fabrics Stoned Cherrie played with for Fall 2009 at the ThisDay/Arise magazine: African Fashion Collective show. Inspired by the now deceased South Africa/African Music Icon, Miriam Makeba, Nkhensani Nkosi [designer behind Stoned Cherrie] did not hold back with beautiful bold colors reflected …