Coming off the heels of the just completed ThisDay/Arise Magazine: African Fashion Collective show at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week, Fall 2009, ThisDay Newspaper claims two US retail giants are looking to manufacture and stock in their retail outlets, nationwide, with collections of some of the African fashion designers who showed at fashion week.“But by …
Aschobi Designs to Debut at Harvard Africa Business Conference
Our October Ladybrille Woman of the Month, Adama Kai owner of Sierra Leone’s Aschobi Designs, will be showing her Fall 2009 collection at the 11th Annual Harvard Africa Business Conference in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday, February 20th, 2009. We caught up with Adama for a sneak preview on what to expect for Fall 2009. LADYBRILLE.com: …
Ladybrille Woman of the Month, Douyé
Dave Koz, Boney James, Peter White, Walter Beasley and Norman Brown are some of the names associated with contemporary jazz music. Indeed it’s hard to ignore the strong influences of jazz across the USA, especially during summer, thanks to the New Orleans and Essence Jazz Festivals, both held in the Big Easy. While we get …
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 …
XULY BET: ThisDay/Arise Magazine, African Fashion Collective, Fall 2009
Xuly Bet having Grace Jones open his collection was the forecast into designs that screamed “Look at me!” for Xuly Bet’s Fall ’09. There were animal print fur coats, slinky maxi length tee shirt dress with Obama’s face on it, [latex leggings],blouses and dresses,velvet suits in red and black, charcoal denim jackets, jumpsuits and some …