Editor’s Note: Splurging on African Designers + A Need for Innovation in Africa’s Fashion Industry!

There was a time the world and especially Africans would not be caught dead in an African designer outfit. A person who wore an African designer label was considered less cultured and an easy prey by the upwardly mobile snobbish lot. You could be “Proudly Gucci, Versaci, Prada,” but “Proudly Jewel by Lisa, Stoned Cherrie, …

Winners at Arise Magazine Fashion Week Awards: Bunmi Koko, Flaviana Matata & More!

Sunday March 13th, 2011 marked the grand finale of the Arise Magazine Fashion Week shows and the highly anticipated Arise Fashion Awards. Five designers would be selected to show this September 2011 at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week. You could feel all holding their breaths at the awards, waiting to see if they were one …

Arise Magazine Fashion Week Lagos 2011 Schedule: Deola Sagoe, Tiffany Amber, Jewel by Lisa and More!

Nigeria’s fashion industry gets a major facelift with Arise Magazine Fashion Week Lagos. The event takes place in Lagos from Thursday March 10th to Sunday March 13th 2011.  Over twenty Nigerian designers will be showing including the big names like Deola Sagoe, Jewel by Lisa and  Tiffany Amber. Nigerian artists Darey Art Alade and Naeto …

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Africa Style NOW: Kendall Kardashian-Jenner Shows Long Legs in Jewel by Lisa Shorts

Kendall Kardashian-Jenner shows off long legs in this Jewel by Lisa shorts at a photoshoot for Marcc by Marc Clark. Africa is in style. Africa Style NOW! 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 …