Designers

Vanity Fair Italia’s November Issue Features ‘La Mia Africa’ HAUTE Designers: Iconic Invanity, Tiffany Amber, Jewel by Lisa and More!

The November issue of Vanity Fair Italia features an exciting editorial that captures the innovation and freshness coming out of Africa’s fashion industry. Particular fashion homage is paid to designers that showed at the just concluded 2012 MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week. They include Jewel by Lisa, Tiffany Amber, Anitah Quinsah and Iconic Vanity. …

News

VIDEO: TEDx Soweto – WATCH ‘I See a Different You’ Shakeup the Negative Image of Soweto with their Positive Stories

I See A Different You is a trio of creatives from Soweto who combine their passions for fashion, art and photography to portray Africa as they see it. Justice Mukheli (Ogilvy JHB), Innocent Mukheli (Draftfcb JHB) and Vuyo Mpantsha (Draftfcb JHB) are behind this unique and proudly African aesthetic. Their photo blog started in December …

Events

SAVE THE DATE: (Dec. 8th, 2012) Applause Magazine Presents its 2nd Annual African Diaspora Awards in New York

The Second Annual African Diaspora Awards Ceremony and reception: AN Applause Africa Initiative Prominent contributors to the African Diaspora such as Grammy Award winning Artist Anjelique Kidjo, CNN’s Lola Ogunnaike, and Gbenga Akinagbe from “Graceland” and “the Wire” get recognized for their exemplary efforts in the community. New York, NY November (21), 2012: Applause Africa’s …