Designer Duro Olowu offered a breath of fresh air for his Fall 2010 ready-to-wear (RTW) London Fashion Week collection. Yes, we love Duro’s colorful African/non-African exotic colorful prints but do we want to dress that colorful all the time? No. This season, Olowu appeared to recognize the need for balance and flexibility in his collections when it …
Ladybrillemag.com Weekly News|Duro Olowu, Conde Nast, Valentino, African Luxury Magazines
Back in the days at our previous address, we served up a weekly dose of African Fashion News. Here at our new home, we have been settling in and are now ready to return to our much missed weekly news recap brought to you by our Editor-in-Chief, Uduak Oduok. Since we have expanded to include business, music, …
Designers Mathew Williamson & Duro Olowu Keep it Afri-Chic at London Fashion Week
Two designers, Duro Olowu and Mathew Williamson, with their Afri-chic collection, emerged as our favorites from the recently completed London Fashion Week. Duro Olowu: You would have to be under a rock not to know London’s fashion designer Duro Olowu. Former lawyer turned designer, Olowu is half Nigerian and Jamaican. His breakthrough came when Vogue’s …