LADYBRILLEmag.com: You have mentioned Sophie Okonedo as one of the personalities whose style sense you enjoy, especially in “Hotel Rwanda.” With your globally informed fashion sense, what is your take on African fashions? B.Michael: I think it epitomizes the richness of what fashion can be and by rich I mean in terms of color and …
Global Fashion: Lanvin Spring/Summer 2010
There is something about Lanvin’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection that reminds of Nigeria’s Emmy Collins refined yet fiercely independent point of view. 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, …
Estée Lauder Giveaway: 250,000 10-Day Samples of NEW Advanced Night Repair
Estée Lauder kicks off its largest sampling program to date in the USA with its New Advance Night Repair. For four (4)hours 5:00-9:00pm (all local times) on July 23rd, 2009, the company’s beauty advisors will be distributing 250,000 10-day samples of its NEW Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex at ALL of Estée Lauder department …
MyAsho: Africa Online Shopping for the Fashion-Forward Global Woman
It was just April 2009 when the UK based Dolapo Shobanjo, a self proclaimed Ladybrille fan, contacted us with an insider view on her ‘MyAsho’ concept, selling high end local fashion globally via online retail. “My Asho (derived from the Yoruba word “aṣo” meaning cloth and pronounced “ash-awe”) is an online fashion concept, developed in …
MOMO by Fati Asibuela
Abuja based Fati Asibuela has been on a marathon as she takes her label MOMO worldwide. She showed this past Fall ’09 at New York Fashion Week and within a week’s turn around time, was at London Fashion Week impressing British fashionistas, media and buyers with her latex geles. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine …
Tiffany Amber Nigeria by Folake Folarin-Coker
Folake Folarin-Coker is painting the world green white green. Here are some quick facts about the designer just in case you have been hiding under the rock and had no idea. Designer: Folake Folarin-Coker Label: Tiffany Amber Products: ready-to-wear, haute couture, jewelery, leather goods and accessories. Education: Law degree no formal fashion education-self taught Accolades: …